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Genitourinary System Flashcards

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Who have larger bladders? Men or women

A

Men

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

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Sodium
Potassium
Phosphorus

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2
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What is the basic functional unit of the kidney

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Nephrons

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Remove waste from the blood to form urine

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Kidneys

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4
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Transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder

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Ureters

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5
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Reservoir for urine until the urge to urinate develops

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Bladder

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Urine travels from the bladder and exits through the urethral meatus

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Urethra

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7
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What is the function of the kidneys

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

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8
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Do your kidneys decrease or increase with age

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Decrease

About 20-30% between age of 30-90

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

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Atherosclerosis

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10
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Do you lose glomeruli function as you age

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Yes

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11
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TPN

A

Total parental nutrition

Special fluid that contains multiple nutrients that is feed through tubes

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

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Past health history

Medications

Surgery or other treatments

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

A

Ammonia

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What happens to renal patients’ skin

A

Palor/yellow
Tutor changes
Bruise easily

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If ______ is showing edema it is severe

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Face

16
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What do you do if you cannot palate a kidney

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It’s okay, they are hard to find

17
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What does it mean if a bladder is distended

A

Full of urine

18
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What percussion test do you want to perform with a renal patient

A

CVA tenderness

19
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What are the two simplest ways to study the urinary system

A

BUN and creatinine

20
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What do you have to worry about then doing the intravenous pyelogram test of the urniary system

A

Can send people into total renal failure

May be allergic to dye

21
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Are the multiple or few tests to do for the urinary system

A

MULTIPLE

22
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Are uti’s common

A

Yes, most common bacterial infection in women

23
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What other system can a uti interfere with

A

Cognitive function

24
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If a patient experiences ____ uti’s in ____ months they must see a urologist

A

3

6

25
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What MUST you treat uti’s with

A

Antibiotic

They will not clear up on their own

26
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Nursing goals for uti patients

A

Relieve pain
Prevent upper urinary tract involvement
Prevent of recurrence

27
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Why does cranberry juice help with uti’s

A

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

28
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Pyelonephritis

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Acute or chronic

Inflammation of the renal parenchyma and collecting system

29
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What is pyelonephritis usually caused by

A

Bacterial infection

30
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Symptoms of pyelonephritis

A 
Fatigue
Chills/fever
Vomiting
Malaise
Flank pain 
Costovertebral tenderness
31
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What are you in danger for with acute pyelonephritis

A

Urosepsis
Toxic shock
Death

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Glomerulonephritis

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Inflammation of glomeruli

Affects both kidneys equally

33
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Symptoms of glomerulonephritis

A

Hematuria
Edema
Htn
Abdominal or flank pain

34
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Who is more prone to urinary incontinence

A

Women

35
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How can you help with urinary incontinence

A

Kegel exercises
Drug/surgery therapy
Scheduled voids

36
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How can you help with urinary retention

A

Scheduled toileting
Drug/surgery
Intermittent catheterization

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