Chapter 18 Assisting With Urinary Elimimation

Question 1

Catheter

Answer 1

A tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening

Question 2

Dysuria

Answer 2

Painful or difficult (dys) urination (uria)

Question 3

Functional incontinence

Answer 3

The person has bladder control but cannot use the toilet in time

Question 4

Hematuria

Answer 4

Blood (hemat) in the urine (uria)

Question 5

Mixed incontinence

Answer 5

The combination of stress incontinence and urge incontinence

Question 6

Nocturia

Answer 6

Frequent urination (uria) at night (noc)

Question 7

Oligoria

Answer 7

Scant amount (olig) of urine (uria); less than 500mL in 24 hours

Question 8

Overflow incontinence

Answer 8

Small amounts of urine leak from a full bladder

Question 9

Polyuria

Answer 9

Abnormally large (poly) amounts of urine (uria)

Question 10

Reflex incontinence

Answer 10

Urine is lost at predictable intervals when the bladder is full

Question 11

Stress incontinence

Answer 11

When you’re in leaks during exercise and certain movements that cause pressure on the bladder

Question 12

Transient incontinence

Answer 12

Temporary or occasional incontinence that is reversed when causes treated

Question 13

Urge incontinence

Answer 13

The loss of the Aaron in response to a sudden, urgent need to void; the person cannot get to a toilet in time

Question 14

urinary frequency

Answer 14

Voiding at frequent intervals

Question 15

Urinary incontinence

Answer 15

The involuntary loss or leakage of urine

Question 16

Urinary retention

Answer 16

The inability to void

Question 17

Urinary urgency

Answer 17

The need to void at once

Question 18

Urination

Answer 18

The process of emptying urine from the bladder; voiding

Question 19

Voiding

Answer 19

Urination