Chapter 22 Flashcards
C
Centigrade
CMS
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
F
Fahrenheit
ID
Identification
IV
Intravenous
mL
Milliliter
UTI
urinary tract infections
Catheter
A tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening
Catheterization
The process of inserting a catheter
Dysuria
Pain or difficult urination from UTI, or truama
Foley catheter, retention catheter, or indwelling catheter
A catheter left in the bladder so urine constantly drains into a drainage bad
functional incontinence
A person who has bladder control but cannot use the toilet in time
Hematuria
Blood in the urine from kidney disease, UTI or trauma
Micturation, voiding or urination
The process of emptying urine from the bladder
Mixed incontinence
Combination of stress incontinence and urge incontinence.
Nocturia
Frequent urination at night from prostate disease or kidney disease
Oliguria
Scant amounts of urine; less than 500 mL in 24 hours from poor fluid intake, shock, burns, heart disease or kidney disease
Overflow incontinence
Small amounts of urine leak from full bladder
Polyuria
Abnormally large amounts of urine from drugs, diabetes, hormone imbalance, or excessive fluid intake
Reflex incontinence
Urine is lost at predictable intervals when the bladder is full
Strait catheter
A catheter that drains the bladder, then is removed
Stress incontinence
When urine leaks during exercise and certain movements that cause pressure on the bladder.
Transient incontinence
Temporary or occasional incontinence that is reversed when the cause is treated
Urge incontinence
The loss of urine in response to sudden, urgent need to void; the person can’t get to the toilet in time
Urinary frequency
Voiding at frequent intervals from UTI, drugs, or pressure on the bladder
Urinary incontinence
The involuntary loss or leakage of urine from trauma, disease, UTI, reproductive surgeries, aging, fecal impaction, or constipation
Urinary retention
The inability to void from prostate enlargement, nerve damage, UTI, drugs, kidney stones, constipation, or trauma
Urinary urgency
The need to void at once from UTI, stress, or full bladder
Adult should pee
about 1500 mL per day
Normal urine
clear, yellow, amber, no particles or blood
Fracture pans are used in the case of
casts, traction, limited back motion, or hip fracture
Commode
A chair with a toilet seat
Incontinence products include
briefs, pads, pull-on underwear, or belted undergarment
Amount of urine left after a person voids
residual urine
The drainage bag must be lower than the bladder
to avoid a UTI and keep microbes from getting to the bladder
Bladder retraining helps recovery from incontinence
resist strong desire to urinate, void at scheduled times, clamp the catheter to prevent urine flow from bladder
