Exam 2 (elimination) Flashcards
1
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- when the brain gives the bladder permission to empty, he bladder contracts, and urinary sphincter relaxes, and urine leaves the body.
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Micturition
2
Q
- blood in the urine
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Hematuria
3
Q
- an enzyme secreted by and stored in the kidneys which promotes the production of the protein angiotensin.
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Renin
4
Q
- inability to partially or completely empty the bladder.
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Urinary retention
5
Q
- amount of urine left in the bladder after voiding (aka peeing)
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Post Void residual (PVR)
6
Q
- bacteria in the urine. Does not always mean there is a UTI.
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Bacteriuria
7
Q
- a serious upper UTI.
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Pyelonephritis
8
Q
- life-threatening bloodstream infection.
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Bacteremia
9
Q
- burning or pain with urination.
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Dysuria
10
Q
- irritation of the bladder.
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Cystitis
11
Q
- (CAUTI’s) UTI associated with a catheter.
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Catheter associated UTI
12
Q
- the “complaint of any involuntary loss of urine”
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Urinary Incontinence
13
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- permanent incontinent urinary diversion created by transplanting the ureters into a closed-off part of the intestinal ileum and bringing the other end out onto the abdominal wall forming a stoma.
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Ureterostomy
14
Q
- small tubes that are tunneled through the skin into the renal pelvis.
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Nephrostomy Tubes
15
Q
- placement of the tube through the urethra into the bladder to drain urine.
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Catheterization
16
Q
- urinary drainage tube inserted surgically into the bladder through the abdominal wall above the symphysis pubis.
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Suprapubic catheter
17
Q
- bladder retraining, and a variety of toileting schedules.
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Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT)
18
Q
- contraction that propels food through length of the GI tract.
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Peristalsis
19
Q
- distended veins that come from pressure during straining.
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Hemorrhoid
20
Q
- any surgery that involves direct manipulation of the bowel temporarily stops paralysis
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Ileus
21
Q
- when a patient has unrelieved constipation and is unable to expel the hardened feces retained in the rectum.
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Impaction
22
Q
- Required bowel preparation to insure that bowel is clear.
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Enemas
23
Q
- controls diarrhea. Example ( laxatives)
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Cathartics
24
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- inability to control passage of feces and gas from the anus.
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Fecal Incontinence
25
Q
- a common causative of diarrhea.
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Clostridium difficile
26
Q
- temporary or permanent opening in the bowel.
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Stoma
27
Q
- surgical openings created to bring part of the intestine through the abdominal wall.
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Ileostomy or colostomy
28
Q
- fecal stream
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Effluent
29
Q
- nurse specially educated to care for ostomy patients.
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Wound, ostomy and continence nurse (WOCN)
