Adult Health Nursing: Chapter 10
Urinary Disorder Questions and All
Correct Answers.
The nurse is reviewing a urinalysis report on an assigned patient. The nurse recognizes which
findings to be normal? (Select all that apply)
1. Turbidity clear
2. pH 6.0
3. Glucose negative
4. Red blood cells, 15-20
5. White blood cells, 1-3 - Answer 4&5
Red blood cells, 15-20
White blood cells, 1-3
The nurse is caring for a patient who has just had a renal angiography performed. What is the
priority assessment?
1. Blood pressure
2. Respiratory effort
3. Puncture site
4. Urinary output - Answer 3. Puncture site
The nursing care plan included teaching a patient Kegel exercises. The nurse teaches the patient
to alternatively tighten and relax which group of muscles?
1. Perineal floor
2. Pubococcygeal
3. Abdominis rectus
4. Detrusor - Answer 2. Pubococcygeal
The health care provider has talked to the patient and his wife about the treatment plan for his
bladder cancer. Later, the patient tells the hair her does not understand what the healthcare
provider is going to do. What is the most appropriate initial response to the nurse?
1. "Okay. I'll explain it to you again."
2. "Make me a list of questions for your doctor."
3. "Try not to think about the treatment."
4. "Tell me what you know about the treatment." - Answer 4. "Tell me what you know about
the treatment."
, What would be the most harmful for the incontinent patient?
1. Restricting fluid intake
2. Drinking only water
3. Fluid intake or 2000 mL/day
4. Restricting acidic fruit juice intake - Answer 1. Restricting fluid intake
The nurse is reviewing the culture and sensitivity reports for a patient being tested for
pyelonephritis. What pathogen will most likely be identified as the infecting agent?
1. Candida albicans
2. Kelbsiella
3. Escherichia coli
4. Pseudomonas - Answer 3. Escherichia coli
Which factor will most likely promote patient compliance with the prescribed treatment plan?
1. A set time schedule to follow
2. Data on success rate
3. Written information
4. An active role in the planning - Answer 4. An active role in the planning
When scheduling the administration of furosemide (Lasix), it would be be in the patients best
interest to schedule the medication to be given what time?
1. 09:00
2. 12:00
3. 21:00
4. 24:00 - Answer 1. 09:00
In discussing dietary needs with a patient with ESRD, the nurse indicates that potassium rich
foods should be limited in the diet. Which selections should be limited? (Select all that apply)
1. Baked potato
2. Bananas
3. Apricots
4. Apples
5. Pine nuts - Answer 1,2,3
Baked potato, bananas, apricots
Urinary Disorder Questions and All
Correct Answers.
The nurse is reviewing a urinalysis report on an assigned patient. The nurse recognizes which
findings to be normal? (Select all that apply)
1. Turbidity clear
2. pH 6.0
3. Glucose negative
4. Red blood cells, 15-20
5. White blood cells, 1-3 - Answer 4&5
Red blood cells, 15-20
White blood cells, 1-3
The nurse is caring for a patient who has just had a renal angiography performed. What is the
priority assessment?
1. Blood pressure
2. Respiratory effort
3. Puncture site
4. Urinary output - Answer 3. Puncture site
The nursing care plan included teaching a patient Kegel exercises. The nurse teaches the patient
to alternatively tighten and relax which group of muscles?
1. Perineal floor
2. Pubococcygeal
3. Abdominis rectus
4. Detrusor - Answer 2. Pubococcygeal
The health care provider has talked to the patient and his wife about the treatment plan for his
bladder cancer. Later, the patient tells the hair her does not understand what the healthcare
provider is going to do. What is the most appropriate initial response to the nurse?
1. "Okay. I'll explain it to you again."
2. "Make me a list of questions for your doctor."
3. "Try not to think about the treatment."
4. "Tell me what you know about the treatment." - Answer 4. "Tell me what you know about
the treatment."
, What would be the most harmful for the incontinent patient?
1. Restricting fluid intake
2. Drinking only water
3. Fluid intake or 2000 mL/day
4. Restricting acidic fruit juice intake - Answer 1. Restricting fluid intake
The nurse is reviewing the culture and sensitivity reports for a patient being tested for
pyelonephritis. What pathogen will most likely be identified as the infecting agent?
1. Candida albicans
2. Kelbsiella
3. Escherichia coli
4. Pseudomonas - Answer 3. Escherichia coli
Which factor will most likely promote patient compliance with the prescribed treatment plan?
1. A set time schedule to follow
2. Data on success rate
3. Written information
4. An active role in the planning - Answer 4. An active role in the planning
When scheduling the administration of furosemide (Lasix), it would be be in the patients best
interest to schedule the medication to be given what time?
1. 09:00
2. 12:00
3. 21:00
4. 24:00 - Answer 1. 09:00
In discussing dietary needs with a patient with ESRD, the nurse indicates that potassium rich
foods should be limited in the diet. Which selections should be limited? (Select all that apply)
1. Baked potato
2. Bananas
3. Apricots
4. Apples
5. Pine nuts - Answer 1,2,3
Baked potato, bananas, apricots
