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
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 incontinence that is reversed when the cause is treated
Urge incontinence
The loss of urine in response to a sudden urgent need to void; the person cannot get to a toilet in time
Urinary frequency
Voiding at frequent intervals
Urinary incontinence
The involuntary loss or leakage of urine
Urinary urgency
The need to void at once
