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NSC 232 EXAM 3 Flashcards

1
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kidneys?

A
  • most people have 2.
  • they are bean shaped and are located at 11th and 12th rib area.
  • about the size of an orange
  • weigh 150g
  • Form and produce urine
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Ureters

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  • connects kidneys to the bladder.
  • muscular tubes that propel urine through a periostolic movement.
  • have nerve endings
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Bladder

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  • 2 spinchters where ureters connect that close in order to prevent reflux of urine
  • have stretch receptors that detect the stretch of the bladder wall and send a signal that it is time to void.
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Urethra

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  • small tube that drains the urine from the bladder to the outside of the body
  • Female: 1.5 in
  • Male: 8 to 9 in
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Void

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discharge or emit urine

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Urination

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medical term for evacuating the urine from the bladder

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Micturition

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discharge of urine from the bladder

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how much volume can bladder hold?

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250-450 mL

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9
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What is the final control of the bladder?

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Cerebral cortex

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10
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Process of micturition

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Urine collects in the bladder, pressure stimulates receptors in the bladder wall.

The receptors transmit impulses to the spinal cord

Internal and external spinchters relax, pushing urine through the urethra.

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11
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What are the factors that affect elimination?

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Lifestyle factors
Psychosocial 
Activity & exercise
Developmental factors
Physiological factors
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12
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What is the normal color and odor of urine?

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Normal- yellowish and clear, faint smelling
Abnormal- orange or reddish and cloudy, strong smelling
URINE SHOULD BE FREE OF MICROBES

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13
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Range of pH of urine?

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4.5-8

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Specific gravity range

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1.010 to 1.0125

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15
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Things that should not be in urine

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  • glucose
  • ketone bodies (made by breakdown of muscle)
  • blood
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Dysuria

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discomfort, pain, or burning when urinating

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Oliguria

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small amounts of urine, typically less than 30 mL/hr or 500mL/day

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18
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Anuria

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Absence of urine

less than 100 mL/day

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19
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Polyuria

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Large amounts of urine

more than 2000mL/day

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20
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Enuresis

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Involuntary urination while sleeping

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21
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Urinary obstruction

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Blocking urination

Kidney stones, sludge, swelling

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22
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Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

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Caused by bacteria entering the urinary Tract

- frequent urge to urinate, burning while urinating, pelvic pain, strong smelling Urine

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23
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Urinary Incontinence

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Involuntary urination

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24
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Retention

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Abikily to hold in urine

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25
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Urinary diversion

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Surgical procedure to reroute urine

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26
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How can you prevent UTI’s?

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  • take showers (personal hygeine)
  • drink 6 to 8 glasses of water daily
  • practice frequent voiding
  • avoid harsh soaps, bubble baths, powders or sprays, tight clothing
  • wear cotton underclothes
  • wipe front to back
  • wash hands
27
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Stress incontinence

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Involuntary loss of urine by increased abdominal pressure

- ex: coughing

28
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Urge incontinence

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Frequency of urine in small amounts

- ex: UTIS’s

29
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Total incontinence

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No control over urine at all

- ex: muscle related problems

30
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Factors related to urinary incontinence?

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  • muscle function
  • bladder infection
  • impaired ability
  • environmental barriers
31
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Urinary Retention characteristics

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Unable to void
Overflow incontinence
Bladder stretches to its limits

32
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Factors related to urinary retention?

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post surgical clients, indwelling catheter recently removed, obstructions

33
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how to measure urine output

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empty urine into graduate, voiding urine hat or urinal from catheter

34
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Residual urine

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what is left in the bladder after urination

35
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How do you measure residual urine?

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Pt voids, then collect.

use in and out catheter to collect urine left in bladder

36
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Standard catheter size?

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16 French

37
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Catheter sizes

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Use French scale
#14 fr to #16 fr (16 is larger)
men may require larger size than female

38
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How to care for client with an indwelling catheter?

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  • encourage water
  • watch intake of foods that create acidic urine
  • good perennial care
  • change only when necessary
  • maintain a sterile field when inserting and after remain sterile around site of insertion
  • hand hygeine
39
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Responsibility for actions

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what a nurse can or can’t do

40
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Dispensing controlled substances

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Must be kept under key
whenever you take one out, count how many are left and count how many are left at the end of the shift.
2 nurses must witness

41
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Medication

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substance administered for the diagnosis, cure, or treatment or relief of symptoms for prevention of disease

42
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Mechanism of action

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changes the medicine causes in the cell of the body to produce the desired effect

43
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Therapeutic effect

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Intended effect

44
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Side effects

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Things that happen after someone takes the medication

45
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Adverse effects

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Mild to severe reactions

46
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Drug interwctions

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The interactions between 2 or more drugs

47
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Pharmacokinetics

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branch of pharmacology concerned with the movement of drugs within the body

48
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Part 1: absorption of medication

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transference of drug molecules from the point of entry until it reaches the blood stream

49
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Part 2: Distribution of medication

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stets with the absorption of the medicine into circulation and ends when it arrives at the site of action

50
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part 3: biotransformation

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process of in activating and breaking down the medication

51
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part 4: excretion

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movement of the medicine from the site of metabolism back into circulation and then transported out of the body

52
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Drug allergy

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immunologic reaction to drug

53
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Drug tolerance

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need increasing doses to maintain a therapeutic effect

54
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Components and processing of medication orders

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date and time
medication name
dose
route
frequency
signature
55
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Standing orders

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routine basis

56
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PRN orders

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as needed

57
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Single orders

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one time only

58
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STAT orders

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immediately

59
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oral route (po)

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sublingual- absorbed through mucous membranes under the tongue
buccal- absorbs through cheek

60
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Enteric coating

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a coating designed to pass through the stomach unaltered and disintegrate in the intestines

61
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Routes of non-parenteral medication

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topical 
rectal
vaginally
transdermal 
inhalation
ophthalmic
otic
nasal
62
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6 rights of medication administration

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Right…

  • drug
  • dose
  • patient
  • route
  • time
  • documentation
63
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10 rights of accurate medication administration

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Right..

  • medication
  • dose
  • time
  • route
  • patient
  • documentation
  • education
  • refuse
  • assesment
  • evaluation

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