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Question 1

1. The nurse teaches the female patient who has frequent UTIs that she should

Answer 1

b. void before and after sexual intercourse.

Question 2

2. One of the nurse’s most important roles in relation to acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) is to

Answer 2

a. promote early diagnosis and treatment of sore throats and skin lesions.

Question 3

3. The edema that occurs in nephrotic syndrome is due to

Answer 3

d. decreased colloidal osmotic pressure caused by loss of serum albumin.

Question 4

4. A patient is admitted to the hospital with severe renal colic. The nurse’s first priority in management of the patient is to

Answer 4

a. administer opioids as prescribed.

Question 5

5. The nurse recommends genetic counseling for the children of a patient with

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b. tobacco use.

Question 6

7. In planning nursing interventions to increase bladder control in the patient with urinary incontinence, the nurse includes (select all that apply)

Answer 6

a. teaching the patient to use Kegel exercises.

c. teaching the patient biofeedback mechanisms to train pelvic floor muscles.

Question 7

8. A patient with a ureterolithotomy returns from surgery with a nephrostomy tube in place. Postoperative nursing care of the patient includes

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b. encouraging fluids of at least 2 to 3 L/day after nausea has subsided.

Question 8

9. A patient has had a cystectomy and ileal conduit diversion. Four days after surgery, you note mucous shreds in the drainage bag. The nurse should

Answer 8

d. document it as a normal observation.

Question 9

stones diet

Answer 9

calcium, oxalate, purine