The client has an indwelling catheter. The nurse should obtain a sterile urine specimen by
✓ using a syringe to withdraw urine from the catheter tubing port
An x-ray of the abdomen visualizing the kidneys, ureters and bladder is known as:
✓ KUB
What is an echocardiogram?
✓ Visualization of the structures of the heart by using ultrasound
What does MRI stand for?
✓ Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Thoracentesis is removal of fluid from:
✓ pleural space
While assisting with a thoracentesis the nurse should do all of the following EXCEPT:
✓ Have the patient cough periodically during the procedure
A noninvasive method of estimating bladder volume would be:
✓ Bladder Scanner
Your urine should smell
✓ aromatic
What is a normal urine output per hour?
✓ 30 mL
Urge incontinence is due to
✓ an overactive bladder
, Stress incontinence is when
✓ urine leaks when you laugh, cough or sneeze
The presence of ketones in the urine indicates
✓ rapid breakdown of fat
The nurse who teaches a client about preventing UTIs would include which statement?
✓ Void immediately after sexual intercourse
How much space should you leave from the tip of the penis and the drainage tube when
applying a condom cath?
✓ 1 Inch
The nurse understands that a straight catheterization:
✓ empties the bladder and the catheter is immediately removed
The purpose of a three way Foley after a TURP is to
✓ Irrigation
A nurse is inserting a Foley catheter in a female and obtains clear urine. What next?
✓ Advance the catheter another 2 inches (5 cm)
Where should Foley indwelling catheter drainage bag be positioned after insertion of
catheter?
✓ Lower than the level of the bladder
What are the causes of constipation?
✓ poor bowel habits
diet low in fiber
chronic use of laxatives
What indicates a correct understanding of the use of laxatives for constipation?
✓ Laxatives should only be taken for a few days.
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