Week 7 Chapter 29 Flashcards
Functions of the urinary system
Removes waste products from blood
Maintains water balance
Maintain electrolytes balance
Maintains acid-base balance
Healthy person produces how much urine
1,500 mL
Normal urine
Lightish yellow
Clear
Couple hundred mL
Healthy person voids how many times a day
4 to 6
Factors effecting urine production
Age
Disease
Medication
The amount ingested
Dietary salt
Other substances
Other names for voiding
Urination, micturition
People normally void when
After getting up
Before meals,
And at bedtime
A person should void how often
3-4 hours
Incontainence is
Not a normal part of aging
Steps for using bed pan
1 gloves
2 blue pad on chair, one draped over bedpan, another for the client
3 ask client to lift up hips and slide it under them
If client can’t lift up hips, turn them, place it, then roll back onto it
4 sit them up
Fracture pad or slipper pan
Low end goes towards their back
You use a urinal in which ways
Upright, sitting at the side of the bed, or standing
Hang it off bed rail after use
Safety is priority for people with
Mobility issues
Dysuria
Painful or difficult urination
Hematuria
Blood in urine
Oliguria
Small amount of urine
Usually less then 500mL in 24 hours
Polyuria
The production of abnormally large amounts of urine
Stress incontinence
The leaking of urine during exercise and certain movements
Urge incontinence
Sudden and immediate urge to urinate
Overflow incontinence
The leaking of urine when the bladder is too full
Functional incontinence
The loss of urine occurs when the client has bladder control but cannot get to the bathroom in time
Reflex incontinence
Loss of urine at predictable intervals
Mixed incontinence
Combination of stress and urgency
Incontinence has a risk of
Skin irritation
Infection
Pressure ulcers
