Unit 13: Genitourinary Flashcards
Lab test requiring all urine output be collected for 24 hours.
24 hour urine collection
Noncancerous enlargement of the prostate.
Benign Prostatic Hypertropy (BPH)
Structure that is a storage place for urine.
Bladder
Increasing the amount of time between emptying your bladder and the amount of fluids your bladder can hold.
Bladder Retraining
Urine sample where urethra is cleansed and sample is obtained during the process of urination.
Clean catch mid-stream (CCMS)
Equipment placed in a toilet to save and measure urine and or feces.
Collection Device (hat)
Stretchable sheath placed over the penis, with a tube that goes into a collection bag.
Condum Catheter
Process by which body wastes are removed through a machine.
Dialysis
Bag attached to a catheter, and placed lower than body to collect urine.
Down drain bag
Painful urination
Dysuria
Catheter made of a plastic sheath that holds wicking material with suction tubing on top.
Female External Catheter
A common piece of equipment used to measure liquid volume.
Graduate
Inability to control the excretion of urine and/or feces.
Incontinence
Leak proof bed covering for those unable to control urination and/or defecation.
Incontinence Pad
Tube secured in the bladder for the purpose of draining fluid.
Indwelling Catheter