Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has a Renal or Urinary Tract Disorder

Question 1

is also known as the urinary tract or renal system, consists of the kidneys, ureters, bladder and the urethra.

Answer 1

URINARY SYSTEM

Question 2

Give parts of the urinary system

Answer 2

1. Kidneys
2. Ureters
3. Bladder
4. Urethra

Question 3

rate at which substances are filtered from blood to the urine measures by the amount of creatinine excreted in 24 hours.

Answer 3

GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE

Question 3

Remove waste products and drugs
from the body

Answer 3

KIDNEY

Question 3

They continually tighten and relax
forcing urine downward, away from
the kidneys.

Answer 3

URETERS

Question 4

The walls of this structure relax and
expand to store urine, and contract
and flatten to empty urine through the
urethra

Answer 4

BLADDER

Question 5

This tube allows urine to pass outside
the body.

Answer 5

URETHRA

Question 6

Normal urine output of adults

Answer 6

1500 mL

Question 7

A significant decrease in urine production

Answer 7

OLIGURIA

Question 8

absence of urine production.

Answer 8

ANURIA

Question 9

One of the most revealing test of kidney function.

Answer 9

URINALYSIS

Question 9

a product released during muscle cell metabolism

Answer 9

CREATININE

Question 10

Normal creatinine clearance rate

Answer 10

100 mL/min

Question 11

Normal urine creatinine level

Answer 11

0.7-1.5 mg/100 mL

Question 11

Used to check the creatinine level in urine

Answer 11

CREATININE CLEARANCE RATE

Question 11

A urinary tract infection (UTI), the presence of bacteria in urine,
is diagnosed by a _____

Answer 11

URINE CULTURE

Question 12

measures the level of urea in blood and is used to assess glomerular function, or how well the kidneys can clear this from the bloodstream.

Answer 12

BLOOD UREA NITROGEN (BUN)

Question 12

the rate at which these substances can be observed flowing through the kidney and excreted in urine is then determined

Answer 12

RADIOSOTOPE SCANNING

Question 13

This can detect differing sizes of kidneys or ureters and can differentiate
between solid or cystic kidney masses.

Answer 13

Ultrasonography
and Magnetic
Resonance
Imaging

Question 14

involves passing a thin biopsy needle into the kidney through the skin over the kidney

Answer 14

RENAL BIOPSY

Question 14

provide information about the size and contour of the kidneys

Answer 14

X-RAY STUDIES

Question 15

Examination of the bladder and ureter openings by direct examination with a cystoscope introduced through the
urethra, is done to evaluate for possible vesicoureteral reflux or urethral stenosis

Answer 15

CYTOSCOPY

Question 15

Scans of the kidneys are used to show the size and density of kidney structures and adequacy of urine flow

Answer 15

Computed Tomography
(CT)