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WorksheetsUrinary Elimination and Care Pretest
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
It is good nursing practice to assist patients with toileting before and after meals and at bedtime to mimic normal voiding patterns.
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Which of the following may decrease the incidence of UTI?
Using a diaphragm
Increasing fluid intake
Voiding after intercourse
Frequent voiding
Types of altered bladder function include urinary retention, residual urine, and nocturia, and urinary incontinence.
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Indicate the path of the flow of urine through the following structures by numbering them in order.
1.Ureter
2.Urethra
3.Bladder
4.Kidney
5.Meatus
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After discontinuing an indwelling urinary catheter, it is important to monitor the patient for urinary retention. If the patient does not void within 6 hours after discontinuing the catheter, evaluate the need to recatheterize him or her. Call for health-care provider’s orders if no standing orders exist.
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Your patient has been diagnosed with an enlarged prostate. He is at risk for which of the following?
Urinary suppression
Urinary retention
Urinary incontinence
Urinary diversion
After a male patient has had a transurethral resection of the prostate, he will have a double-lumen catheter in place, and continuous bladder irrigation will be used to prevent blood clots from clogging the catheter.
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When reviewing the UA results of a patient with the diagnosis of dehydration, which of the following would you expect to see?
Specific gravity of 1.032
pH of 7.0
+Ketones
+Nitrites
Because one continuous membrane lines the urinary system, infection can travel from the urinary meatus to the bladder, up the ureters, and into the kidneys, where microorganisms are able to enter the bloodstream, causing sepsis.
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You are initiating a 24-hour urine specimen collection for a patient as ordered by her health-care provider. Which of the following will you do first?
Post signs in the room and on the door stating that a 24-hour urine collection is in progress.
Place ice inside a 24-hour urine container.
Ask the patient to void and then discard the urine.
Ask the patient to void and then pour the urine into the 24-hour urine container.
