Genitourinary System

Question 0

Who have larger bladders? Men or women

Answer 0

Men

Question 1

What 3 things do we have to watch for with someone on dialysis

Answer 1

Sodium
Potassium
Phosphorus

Question 2

What is the basic functional unit of the kidney

Answer 2

Nephrons

Question 3

Remove waste from the blood to form urine

Answer 3

Kidneys

Question 4

Transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder

Answer 4

Ureters

Question 5

Reservoir for urine until the urge to urinate develops

Answer 5

Bladder

Question 6

Urine travels from the bladder and exits through the urethral meatus

Answer 6

Urethra

Question 7

What is the function of the kidneys

Answer 7

To regulate the volume and composition of extra cellular fluid
Control blood pressure

Question 8

Do your kidneys decrease or increase with age

Answer 8

Decrease

About 20-30% between age of 30-90

Question 9

What is one major health issue that leads to issues with kidney failure

Answer 9

Atherosclerosis

Question 10

Do you lose glomeruli function as you age

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

TPN

Answer 11

Total parental nutrition

Special fluid that contains multiple nutrients that is feed through tubes

Question 12

During your assessment of GU what 3 things do you ask about

Answer 12

Past health history

Medications

Surgery or other treatments

Question 13

A person with a kidney issue has a foul smell to their breath. What is the smell

Answer 13

Ammonia

Question 14

What happens to renal patients’ skin

Answer 14

Palor/yellow
Tutor changes
Bruise easily

Question 15

If ______ is showing edema it is severe

Answer 15

Face

Question 16

What do you do if you cannot palate a kidney

Answer 16

It’s okay, they are hard to find

Question 17

What does it mean if a bladder is distended

Answer 17

Full of urine

Question 18

What percussion test do you want to perform with a renal patient

Answer 18

CVA tenderness

Question 19

What are the two simplest ways to study the urinary system

Answer 19

BUN and creatinine

Question 20

What do you have to worry about then doing the intravenous pyelogram test of the urniary system

Answer 20

Can send people into total renal failure

May be allergic to dye

Question 21

Are the multiple or few tests to do for the urinary system

Answer 21

MULTIPLE

Question 22

Are uti’s common

Answer 22

Yes, most common bacterial infection in women

Question 23

What other system can a uti interfere with

Answer 23

Cognitive function

Question 24

If a patient experiences ____ uti’s in ____ months they must see a urologist

Answer 24

3

6

Question 25

What MUST you treat uti’s with

Answer 25

Antibiotic

They will not clear up on their own

Question 26

Nursing goals for uti patients

Answer 26

Relieve pain
Prevent upper urinary tract involvement
Prevent of recurrence

Question 27

Why does cranberry juice help with uti’s

Answer 27

Changes pH that bacteria doesn’t like and then they want to leave your body

Question 28

Pyelonephritis

Answer 28

Acute or chronic

Inflammation of the renal parenchyma and collecting system

Question 29

What is pyelonephritis usually caused by

Answer 29

Bacterial infection

Question 30

Symptoms of pyelonephritis

Answer 30

Fatigue
Chills/fever
Vomiting
Malaise
Flank pain 
Costovertebral tenderness

Question 31

What are you in danger for with acute pyelonephritis

Answer 31

Urosepsis
Toxic shock
Death

Question 32

Glomerulonephritis

Answer 32

Inflammation of glomeruli

Affects both kidneys equally

Question 33

Symptoms of glomerulonephritis

Answer 33

Hematuria
Edema
Htn
Abdominal or flank pain

Question 34

Who is more prone to urinary incontinence

Answer 34

Women

Question 35

How can you help with urinary incontinence

Answer 35

Kegel exercises
Drug/surgery therapy
Scheduled voids

Question 36

How can you help with urinary retention

Answer 36

Scheduled toileting
Drug/surgery
Intermittent catheterization