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Evolve: Urinary/Reproductive System Review Course 2023. The nurse is caring for a client with acute renal failure. The most serious complication for this client is: 1 Anemia 2 Infection 3 Weight loss 4 Platelet dysfunction - ANSWER 2 Infection Infection is responsible for one third of the traumatic or surgically induced deaths of clients with acute renal failure, as well as for medically induced acute renal failure. A client who had a suprapubic prostatectomy returns from the po...

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38 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Grade A+

ROSEGRADES

URINARY CONNECT CASE STUDY 2023. Filtration is a __________ process that depends on a ____________ gradient.. - ANSWER passive; pressure. When systemic blood pressure decreases, the result is that the __________ arterioles change diameter by undergoing _________________. - ANSWER afferent; vasodilation. If both the glomerular and capsular hydrostatic pressures remain unchanged, an increase in the blood colloid osmotic pressure results in a(n) ________ in the net filtration pressure. - ANS...

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4 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Grade A+

ROSEGRADES

The Urinary System Final Test 2023. Which of the following is the best explanation for why the cells of the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT) contain so many mitochondria? A) Cells of the PCT go through a great deal of mitosis. B) A great deal of active transport takes place in the PCT. C) Contraction of the PCT moves filtrate through the tubule. D) This provides the energy needed to fight kidney infection. - ANSWER B What is the best explanation for the microvilli on the apical surface o...

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10 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Grade A+

ROSEGRADES

Urinary Patterns Complete Study Guide 2023.Mr. Ellis states that prior to his stroke, he would get up five or six times during the night to empty his bladder but that he was able to control the urge long enough to make it to the bathroom. How should the nurse describe the urinary pattern that Mr. Ellis is describing? - ANSWER Nocturia Since Mr. Ellis now voids spontaneously without recognizing the need to void, how should the nurse document his current urinary pattern in the medical chart? - ...

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4 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Grade A+

ROSEGRADES

Urinary Written Exam 2023. 1) The mechanism that establishes the medullary osmotic gradient depends most on the permeability properties of the ________. A) loop of Henle B) glomerular filtration membrane C) collecting duct D) distal convoluted tubule - ANSWER A 66) One mechanism the kidney uses to raise systemic blood pressure is to A) increase release of angiotensin II by the suprarenal glands. B) decrease urinary albumin concentration. C) decrease secretion of aldosterone. D) increase...

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8 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Grade A+

ROSEGRADES

A nurse is providing teaching to a male client who has a continent internal ileal reservoir (neobladder) following surgery to treat bladder cancer. Which of the following statements should the nurse make? - Answer - "You must insert a catheter through your stoma to drain the urine." A nurse is reviewing the laboratory report of a client who has acute kidney injury (AKI). Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? (Select all that apply.) - Answer - BUN 30 mg/dL is correct. A B...

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4 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Grade A+

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