Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
micturition - CORRECT ANSWER - urination or voiding
Anuria - CORRECT ANSWER - less than 100 ml/day output of urine (patient's on
dialysis)
Oliguria - CORRECT ANSWER - 100-400 mL/day (low output)
Polyuria - CORRECT ANSWER - greater than 2000 mL/ day of urine
Dysuria - CORRECT ANSWER - discomfort or pain on when voiding
Urgency - CORRECT ANSWER - sudden onset of feeling the need to void often with
decreased urine output
Hesitancy - CORRECT ANSWER - difficulty initiating urine flow
Nocturia - CORRECT ANSWER - awakening a night needing to void
hematuria - CORRECT ANSWER - blood-tinged urine
What color is clear urine? - CORRECT ANSWER - clear, transparent, & yellow
Childern may experience REGRESSION in urination by - CORRECT ANSWER -
bedwetting; resolves when stress gets better
, Stress incontinence - CORRECT ANSWER - peeing when you cough, sneeze, or laugh
(happens in older adults)
Which type of incontinence is due to involuntary contraction of the bladder muscle? -
CORRECT ANSWER - urge
Which type of incontinence is due to blockage of urethra - CORRECT ANSWER -
overflow (common wih BPH)
Which type of incontinence is due to impaired functioning of the nervous system? - CORRECT
ANSWER - neurogenic
What exercise will strengthen your pelvic floor muscles to prevent incontinence? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Kegel excercises
Where do you put your sthetoscope when listening to the renal arteries? - CORRECT
ANSWER - right next to where the aorta pulsates
What do we listen for when listening to the renal arteries? - CORRECT ANSWER - bruits
= swooshing sound
When checking BP, do not put the BF cuff on an arm with - CORRECT ANSWER - 1)
fistula
2) dialysis port
CBA tenderness = - CORRECT ANSWER - kidney infection
How might a distended bladder sound? - CORRECT ANSWER - DULL