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NR224 Week 5 Edapts - Urinary Elimination
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1. What are the characteristics of normal urine?: Color: pale straw
Clarity: transparent
Odor: no smell to light scent
2. Which factors can affect urinary elimination? (SATA)

-Medications
-Pelvic muscle tone
-Renal calculi
-Hydration status
-Body position
-Constipation
-Age: -Body position
-Pelvic muscle tone
-Age
-Renal calculi
-Medications
-Hydration status
3. Match definition to term:

- Delay at the start of urination
- Inability to empty the bladder
- Blood in the urine
- Pain or discomfort with voiding
- Involuntary evacuation of urine
- Voiding more than 8 times, while awake
- Awakening from sleep to void
- An immediate desire to void
- Diminished amounts of urine
- Voiding excessive amounts of urine

WORD BOX:
Urgency


, NR224 Week 5 Edapts - Urinary Elimination
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Polyuria
Dysuria
Oliguria
Frequency
Nocturia
Hematuria
Urinary incontinence
Urinary retention
Hesitancy: Hesitancy - Delay at the start of urination
Urinary retention - Inability to empty the bladder
Hematuria - Blood in the urine
Dysuria - Pain or discomfort with voiding
Urinary incontinence - Involuntary evacuation of urine
Frequency - Voiding more than 8 times, while awake
Nocturia - Awakening from sleep to void
Urgency - An immediate desire to void
Oliguria - Diminished amounts of urine
Polyuria - Voiding excessive amounts of urine
4. James is a 90-year-old male client who reports getting up four to five times per
night to empty his bladder and struggles to control his bladder long enough
to get to the bathroom in time.

James is experiencing which urinary patterns? (SATA)
- Oliguria
- Urgency
- Polyuria
- Nocturia
- Dysuria: - Nocturia
- Urgency
5. The nurse is assessing a client with urinary incontinence. Which items should
be included as part of the nursing assessment? (SATA)



, NR224 Week 5 Edapts - Urinary Elimination
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- Fluid intake
- Bladder distention
- Signs of infection
- Constipation
- Perineal irritation: - Fluid intake
- Bladder distention
- Signs of infection
- Perineal irritation
6. What discharge instructions should the nurse provide a 20-year-old client
being discharged with a urinary tract infection (UTI)? (SATA)

- Drink at least 2 liters of water per day.
- Wipe front to back.
- Wear latex, rayon underwear.
- Void after sex.
- Empty the bladder every 5 hours.: - Drink at least 2 liters of water per day
- Wipe front to back
- Void after sex
7. A client is having spinal surgery that is expected to last 4 hours. The catheter,
pictured here, will be inserted to drain the bladder. What type of catheter is
being used? (HAS BALLOON): Indwelling catheter
8. Paul is a 22-year-old male who suffered major abdominal trauma as a result
of a motor vehicle accident. He has an ureterostomy which he cares for inde-
pendently. Which nursing diagnoses could apply to Paul? (SATA)

-Urinary incontinence: urge
-Risk for impaired skin
-Self-care deficit
-Urinary retention
-Risk for disturbed body image: - Risk for disturbed body image
- Risk for impaired skin

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