Acute kidney injury - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Rasmussen College MDC 3 FINAL Exam | 100% Correct Answers | Latest 2024 Version 1. The nurse is arriving at the beginning of her shift and has taken report on four clients on a medical-surgical unit. Which client should the nurse see first? A. A client with hypertension with a blood pressure of 172/92 mm Hg. B. A client with pain that is two days postoperative from a prostatectomy. C. A client ready for discharge education after treatment of an acute kidney injury. D. A client with a histo...

Final Exam: NSG233 / NSG 233 (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Medical-Surgical Nursing III / Med Surg 3 Exam | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Herzing Q: Bite Priority Answer: Human bite: know what to do first with a human bite! Animal: rabies prophylaxis Snakebite: lie down, removing constrictive items, providing warmth, cleansing the wound, covering the wound with a light sterile dressing, and immobilizing the injured body part below the level of the heart. CABs (Circulati...

NR507/ NR 507 Final Exam (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Advanced Pathophysiology | Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct |Grade A – Chamberlain Q: Ketogenic diet Produces energy other than glucose to be used by the brain Q: Nerve stimulation Answer: Controls the seizure by influencing neurotransmitter release Q: An individual having a focal seizure without dyscognitive features will _______ Answer: have no impairment of consciousness ...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. After an arteriovenous graft is inserted in a patient‘s right forearm, the patient reports pain and coldness in the right fingers. Which action would the nurse take? a. Remind the patient to take a daily low-dose aspirin tablet. b. Report the patient‘s symptoms to the health care provider. c. Elevate the patient‘s arm on pillows above the heart level. d. Teach the patient about normal arteriovenous graft function. ANS: B The patient‘s problems suggest the de...

Test Bank for Porth's Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States, 11e 11th Edition by Tommie L. Norris | 2024/2025 Published. This test bank includes complete chapters test bank (Chap 1 to 52) Unit 1 Concepts of Health and Disease Chapter 1: Concepts of Health and Diseases Unit 2 Cell Function and Growth Chapter 2: Cell and Tissue Characteristics Chapter 3: Cellular Adaptation, Injury, and Death Chapter 4: Genetic Control of Cell Function and Inheritance Chapter 5: Genetic and ...

PCCN EXAM TEST BANK 2024 WITH 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) PCCN EXAM PREP TEST BANK (NEWLY UPDATED 2024!!) A patient presents with the following: HR, 120 beats/min; BP, 80/44 mm Hg; urine output averaging 20 mL/hr over the last 4 hours; afebrile; moist rales in the lungs bilaterally; BUN, 84 mg/dL; creatinine, 3.4 mg/dL. What is the probable cause of this patient's acute kidney injury (AKI)? - ANSWER-Left ventricular failure causing prerenal AKI...

Intra-renal causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Sepsis, trauma, anaphylaxis, drugs, acute glomerulus Knowing what caused your patients' renal failure - Is important to figure about possible problems during data collection and assessment A patient with acute kidney injury (AKI) dialyzes in the out-patient facility. In regards to the patient's target weight, why is being "wet" better than being too dry? - Being wet helps avoid hypovolemia and hypotensive episodes The excret...

NUR265/ NUR 265 Exam 1: (2024/ 2025 Update) Advanced Med-Surg | Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Galen Q: Anemia in kidney disease when kidneys are damaged they do not make enough EPO (this prompts the bone marrow to make RBCs, which than carry oxygen throughout the body), as a result the bone marrow makes fewer RBCs, causing anemia Q: Hypernatremia Answer: weakness, disorientation, irritability, muscle twitching, decreased reflex, HTN Q: ...

Porth's Essentials of Pathophysiology 5th Edition Test Bank ISBN-10:5 ISBN-13:7192 Table of Contents UNIT 1 - Concepts of Health and Disease Chapter 1— Concepts of Health and Disease UNIT 2 - Cell Function and Growth Chapter 2 — Cell and Tissue Characteristics Chapter 3 — Cellular Adaptation, Injury, and Death Chapter 4 — Genetic Control of Cell Function and Inheritance Chapter 5 — Genetic and Congenital Disorders Chapter 6 — Neoplasia UNIT 3 - Disorders of Integrative Function Chapt...

Exam 3: NSG123/ NSG 123 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Med Surg 1| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Herzing Q: What is the reflux (backward flow) of urine from the urethra into the bladder? Answer: Ureterovesical reflux Q: Preferred measure to establish bacteriuria Answer: Clean catch midstream urine specimen, urine culture Q: Types of Lower UTI Answer: Bacterial cystitis (inflammation of the urinary bladder), bacterial prostatitis (...

______________ is solely filtered from the bloodstream via the glomerulus and is NOT reabsorbed back into the bloodstream but is excreted through the urine. A. Urea B. Creatinine C. Potassium D. Magnesium - Answer The answer is B. Creatinine is a waste product from muscle breakdown and is removed from the bloodstream via the glomerulus of the nephron. It is the only substance that is solely filtered out of the blood but NOT reabsorbed back into the system. It is excreted out through the ur...