URINARY ELIMINATION & BOWEL
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1. What is the most significant change in kidney function that occurs with aging?
• Decreased glomerular filtration rate
• 2.Proliferation of micro blood vessels to renal cortex
• 3)Formation of urate crystals
• 4)Increased renal mass - ANSWER- 1
2. While performing a physical assessment, the student nurse tells her instructor that she
cannot palpate her patients bladder. Which statement by the instructor is best? You should:
1)Try to palpate it again; it takes practice but you will locate it.
2)Palpate the patients bladder only when it is distended by urine.
3)Document this abnormal finding on the patients chart.
4)Immediately notify the nurse assigned to your patient. - ANSWER- 2
3. Which urine specific gravity would be expected in a patient admitted with dehydration?
1)1.002
2)1.010
3)1.025
4)1.030 - ANSWER- 4
4. Which medication will the physician will most likely prescribe to increase urine output in
the patient admitted with congestive heart failure?
1)Digoxin
2)Furosemide
3)Lovastatin
4)Atorvastatin - ANSWER- 2
,5. The nurse identifies the nursing diagnosis Urinary Incontinence (Total) in an older adult
patient admitted after a stroke. Urinary Incontinence places the patient at risk for which
complication?
1)
Skin breakdown
2)
Urinary tract infection
3)
Bowel incontinence
4)
Renal calculi - ANSWER- 1
6. The nurse is caring for a patient who underwent a bowel resection 2 hours ago. His urine
output for the past 2 hours totals 50 mL. Which action should the nurse take?
,1)
Do nothing; this is normal postoperative urine output.
2)
Increase the infusion rate of the patients IV fluids.
3)
Notify the provider about the patients oliguria.
4)
Administer the patients routine diuretic dose early. - ANSWER- 3
7. The nurse measures the urine output of a patient who requires a bedpan to void. Which
action should the nurse take first? Put on gloves and:
1)
Have the patient void directly into the bedpan.
, 2)
Pour the urine into a graduated container.
3)
Read the volume with the bedpan on a flat surface at eye level.
4)
Observe color and clarity of the urine in the bedpan. - ANSWER- 1
8. The nurse instructs a woman about providing a clean catch urine specimen. Which of the
following statements indicates that the patient correctly understands the procedure?
1)
I will be sure to urinate into the hat you placed on the toilet seat.
2)
100% CORRECT ANSWERS|LATEST
1. What is the most significant change in kidney function that occurs with aging?
• Decreased glomerular filtration rate
• 2.Proliferation of micro blood vessels to renal cortex
• 3)Formation of urate crystals
• 4)Increased renal mass - ANSWER- 1
2. While performing a physical assessment, the student nurse tells her instructor that she
cannot palpate her patients bladder. Which statement by the instructor is best? You should:
1)Try to palpate it again; it takes practice but you will locate it.
2)Palpate the patients bladder only when it is distended by urine.
3)Document this abnormal finding on the patients chart.
4)Immediately notify the nurse assigned to your patient. - ANSWER- 2
3. Which urine specific gravity would be expected in a patient admitted with dehydration?
1)1.002
2)1.010
3)1.025
4)1.030 - ANSWER- 4
4. Which medication will the physician will most likely prescribe to increase urine output in
the patient admitted with congestive heart failure?
1)Digoxin
2)Furosemide
3)Lovastatin
4)Atorvastatin - ANSWER- 2
,5. The nurse identifies the nursing diagnosis Urinary Incontinence (Total) in an older adult
patient admitted after a stroke. Urinary Incontinence places the patient at risk for which
complication?
1)
Skin breakdown
2)
Urinary tract infection
3)
Bowel incontinence
4)
Renal calculi - ANSWER- 1
6. The nurse is caring for a patient who underwent a bowel resection 2 hours ago. His urine
output for the past 2 hours totals 50 mL. Which action should the nurse take?
,1)
Do nothing; this is normal postoperative urine output.
2)
Increase the infusion rate of the patients IV fluids.
3)
Notify the provider about the patients oliguria.
4)
Administer the patients routine diuretic dose early. - ANSWER- 3
7. The nurse measures the urine output of a patient who requires a bedpan to void. Which
action should the nurse take first? Put on gloves and:
1)
Have the patient void directly into the bedpan.
, 2)
Pour the urine into a graduated container.
3)
Read the volume with the bedpan on a flat surface at eye level.
4)
Observe color and clarity of the urine in the bedpan. - ANSWER- 1
8. The nurse instructs a woman about providing a clean catch urine specimen. Which of the
following statements indicates that the patient correctly understands the procedure?
1)
I will be sure to urinate into the hat you placed on the toilet seat.
2)
