Chapter 22 Flashcards
Catheterization
The process of inserting a catheter
Catheter
A tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening
dysuria
Painful or difficult urination
Foley catheter
See indwelling catheter
Functional incontinence
The person has bladder control but cannot use the toilet in time
Hematuria
Blood in the urine
Indwelling catheter
Catheter left in the bladder so you’re in dreams consistently into a drainage bag retention or Foley catheter
Micrurition
See urination
Mixed incontinence
The combination of stress incontinence and urge incontinence
Nocturia
Frequent urination at night
Oliguria
Scant amount of urine less than 500 mL in 24 hours
Overflow incontinence
Small amounts of urine leak from a full bladder
Polyuria
Abnormally large amounts of urine
Reflex incontinence
Urine is lost a predictable intervals when the bladder is full
Retention catheter
See indwelling catheter
Straight catheter
A catheter that drains the bladder and then is removed
Stress incontinence
When urine leaks during exercise and certain movements that cause pressure on the bladder
Transient Incontinence
Temporary or occasional and incontinence that is reserved when the causes treated
Urge incontinence
The loss of urine in response to sudden urgent need to void the person cannot get to the toilet in time
Urinary frequency
Voiding at frequent intervals
Urinary incontinence
The involuntary loss or leakage of
Urinary retention
The inability to void
Urinary urgency
The need to void at once
Urination
The process of emptying urine from the bladder micturition or voiding
Voiding
See urination
