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1. A nurse is caring for a client in the outpatient pedi- The nurse should reassure the
atrician's office. parents and client because
brown-colored urine is an ex-
3 days ago: pected side effect of Nitrofuran-
A 12-year-old client presents to the outpatient pe- toin.
diatrician's office with reports of dysuria and uri-
nary frequency. The client's urinary symptoms
Today: are improving and other than
The client returns for a visit due to parent concerns. the change in color of the urine,
The parent states, "Their urine doesn't look right, the other signs and symptoms
and I was worried the urine infection isn't getting of the previous UTI are improv-
better." The client reports they have been taking ing.
their medication as prescribed. The client reports
their urinary symptoms seem to have improved
from 3 days ago.
Laboratory Results
Urinalysis results:
3 days ago:
Appearance: cloudy
Color: dark yellow
pH: 6
Protein: 0 mg/dL
Leukocyte esterase: positive
Nitrates: positive
Ketones: negative
Blood: trace
Today:
Appearance: cloudy
Color: brown
pH: 6
Protein: 0 mg/dL
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Leukocyte esterase: negative
Nitrates: negative
Ketones: negativeBlood: none
2. A nurse is caring for a client on an inpatient med- When analyzing cues in the
ical-surgical unit. setting of acute kidney injury,
the nurse can anticipate that
Nurses' Notes as client's kidney's decrease in
Yesterday, 0700: function the creatinine (because
An 8-year-old client presents to the emergency de- the kidneys are unable to fil-
partment with acute onset of right-lower quadrant ter as well), potassium (due to
pain. [...] the fluid imbalances as the kid-
ney's filtration ability decreas-
For each client finding, click to specify if the finding
es), weight (due to edema/flu-
will increase, decrease, or experience no change
id retention), and blood pres-
based on the nurse's suspected diagnosis. There
sure would increase (due to flu-
must be at least 1 selection in every row. There
id retention). The client's eGFR
does not need to be a selection in every column.
would be expected to decrease
(as the kidneys filtration ability
decreases). Manifestations as-
sociated with acute kidney injury
do not include a change in the
client's temperature.
3. A nurse is preparing to administer acetaminophen 4.7mL
to a 4-year-old client. The client weighs 15kg
(33lbs).
The prescribed dose is 10mg/kg q4h PRN mild
pain.
The amount available is 160 mg/5mL. How many
mL should the nurse administer?
(Round the answer to the nearest decimal place.