Chapter 22 Urinary Elimination Flashcards
Catheter
A tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening
Catheterization
The process of inserting a catheter
Dysuria
Painful or difficult (dys) urination (uria)
External catheter
A catheter placed on the outside of the body (male or female) and drains urine to a collection container
Foley catheter
See indwelling catheter
Functional incontinence
The person has bladder control but cannot use the toilet in time
Hematuria
Blood (heat-) in the urine (-uria)
Incontinence
The inability to control urination or defecation
Indwelling catheter
A catheter left in the bladder so urine drains constantly into a drainage bag; retention catheter or Foley catheter
Micturition
See urination
Mixed incontinence
The combination of stress incontinence and urge incontinence
Nocturia
Frequent urination (uria) at night (noct)
Oliguria
Scant amount (olig) of urine (uria) less than 500 mL in24 hours
Overflow incontinence
Small amount of urine leak from a full bladder
Polyuria
Abnormally large amounts (poly) of urine (uria)
Reflex incontinence
Urine is lost at predictable intervals when the bladder is full