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NURS 221 Liberty University - Question and answers already passed 2024/2025 NURS 221: Chapter 46 - Urinary Elimination A patient with a long-standing history of diabetes mellitus is voicing concerns about kidney disease. The patient asks the nurse where urine is formed in the kidney. The nurse'...

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NURS 221: Chapter 46 - Urinary
Elimination
A patient with a long-standing history of diabetes mellitus is voicing concerns
about kidney disease. The patient asks the nurse where urine is formed in the
kidney. The nurse's response is the:
A. Bladder
B. Kidney
C. Nephron
D. Ureter - correct answer ✔C


Production of erythropoietin is essential to maintaining a normal - correct
answer ✔red blood cell (RBC) volume


This stimulates bone marrow to produce RBCs and prolongs the life of mature
RBCs. - correct answer ✔Erythropoietin


Production of renin, prostaglandin E2, and prostacyclin affects - correct
answer ✔blood pressure


Starts a chain of events that cause water retention, thereby increasing blood
volume - correct answer ✔Renin


These factors aid in vasodilation. - correct answer ✔Prostaglandin E2 and
Prostacyclin


Kidneys affect ____ and ____ regulation - correct answer ✔calcium
phosphate

, The nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about kidney function.
Which statements apply to kidney function? Select all that apply.


1 The kidneys produce several substances vital for maintenance of blood
pressure.
2 The kidneys produce several substances vital to bone mineralization.
3 A nephron is a functional unit of the kidney and helps in urine formation.
4 The kidneys filter waste products of metabolism and excrete them in the
urine.
5 The kidneys produce several substances vital to white blood cell (WBC)
production. - correct answer ✔1, 2, 3, 4


•Brain structures influence bladder function.
•Voiding: Bladder contraction + Urethral sphincter and pelvic floor muscle
relaxation
1. Stretching of bladder wall signals the micturition center in the sacral spinal
cord.
2. Impulses from the micturition center in the brain respond to or ignore this
urge, thus making urination under voluntary control.
3. When a person is ready to void, the external sphincter relaxes, the
micturition reflex stimulates the detrusor muscle to contract, and the bladder
empties. - correct answer ✔Act of Urination


The ___ center responds to or ignores urge to urinate (voluntary control) -
correct answer ✔micturation


voiding at night - correct answer ✔nocturia

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