Exam 2 Flashcards
Failure to produce or excrete 50 to 100mL of urine in 24 hours
Anuria
Reduced volume: less than 400 mL in 24 hours
Oliguria
excessive production and excretion of urine
Polyuria
excessive urination at night
Nocturia
Painful urination
Dysuria
Blood in urine
Hematuria
Inability to control urination
Urinary incontinence
Inability to empty the bladder fully
Urinary Retention
How much urine does an adult pass in one day
1-2 quarts (960-1920 ml)
leakage of urine by intra pressure the can occur when an individual laughs, sneezes, or coughs
Stress Urinary Incontinence
Involuntary passage of urine after a string sense of urgency to void
Urge Urinary Incontinence
Involuntary, unpredictable passage of urine despite the fact that the urinary tract is functioning efficiently
Functional Urinary Incontinence
Voluntary or involuntary loss of small amount of urine from an over distended bladder
Overflow Urinary Incontinence
Characteristics of Urinary Retention
Difficulty starting a stream or emptying the bladder
Weak urine flow
Chronic or cute pain
Factors that affect urinary elimination (8)
age gender privacy issues pathologic and surgical conditions medications food and fluid intake ambulatory ability muscle tone
Single most common hospital-acquired infection, caused from bacteria in the urine
Urinary Tract Infection
Which gender is more vulnerable to UTI?
Female
Who is at risk of UTI?
Women
Catheter patients
trouble voiding
elderly and bladder control loss
infection that causes Irritated bladder, causes urgent need to void
Cystitis
Kidney infection- flank pain, fever, chills
Pyelonephritis
Spread of organisms into the kidneys and blood
Urosepsis
Bringing the end of one or both ureters to the abdominal surface
Ureterostomy
Tube places directly into renal pelvis to provide urinary drainage
Nephrostomy
Adequate urine output
Catheterized- 30mL/hour
Voiding once per eight hours
dark yellow urine indicated?
dehydration
Fluorescent yellow/light orange colored urine indicates?
Excess B vitamins
Orange urine indicates
medications such as rifampin
Bloody urine indicates
Hematuria
Dark brown or dark orange urine indicates
jaundice, rhabdomyolysis
tea colored urine indicates
liver dysfunction
Dark amber urine indicates
high concentration of bilirubin causes by liver dysfunction
What does a sweet or fruity urine odor indicate?
acetone by product of Incomplete fat metabolism, diabetes or starvation.
How does one get stagnant urine?
Repeatedly incontinent and has an ammonia smell
How to get a urine culture and sensitivity
Clean-catch urine mid stream
used or a walking, talking patient.
Bed rest/confused/catheterized patient
BUN and Creatinine lab tests
Blood levels or urea and creatinine are used to evaluate renal function
KUB diagnostic tests
Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder X-Ray
Why insert an indwelling catheter
Trauma surgery accurate I&O's Decubitis ulcer physically unable to get OOB
Why insert a straight catheter?
urinary retention
urinalysis
Who enforces medication laws?
FDA
6 rights
right: medication, dose, client, route, time and documentation
before meal
AC, ac
twice a day
BID, bid
hour
H
at bedtime
HS, hs
after meal
PC, pc
whenever there is a need
prn
every morning, every am
Qam
every day, daily
QD
every hour
Qh
Every 2 hours
q2h
every 6 hours
q6h
4 times a day
QID, qid
every other day
QOD, qod
give immediately
STAT
3 times a day
TID, tid
Abbreviations not to use
U for unit IU for international unit QD, QOD, QID; write daily, etc Trailing zero (ex: 2.0) MS04, MgSO4, MS ; write morphine sulfate, etc u for micrograms HS for half strength or bedtime TIW for three times a week DC for discharge cc for cubic centimeter AS, AD, AU (write left ear, right ear, etc) OS, OD, OU (left eye, right eye, or both, etc)
an intestinal disorder that is characterized by an abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations
Diarrhea
“C diff” bacterium causing diarrhea
Clostridium difficile
the loss of ability to voluntarily control fecal and gaseous discharges through the anus
Incontinence
infrequent or difficult bowel movements; fewer than three bowel movements per week
constipation
occurs when a persons breath is held while bearing down
Valsalva maneuver
hard fecal mass in the rectum or colon that the patient is incapable of expelling
Impactions
production of a mixture of gases in the intestine; byproducts of digestion
Flatulence
swollen and inflamed veins in the anus or lower rectum. Pregnant women and elderly are prone
Hemmorrhoids
the surgically created opening in the gastrointestinal, urinary, or respiratory organs, which is excited into the skin
Ostomy
surgically created when a portion of the colon or the rectum is removed and the remaining colon is brought through the abdominal wall
colostomy