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Genitourinary Questions and Answers (Q&A)

What is the relationship between fluid intake and urine output?
Bobby Rickets, Content Reviewer
Answered: Jan 30, 2019
Typically, fluid intake is about equal to the urine output. The fluid intake that is double the urine output indicates fluid retention. The fluid intake that is half the urine output indicates...Read More

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What should the nurse assess first? A client with chronic renal failure has a serum potassium level of 6.8 mEq/L.
Malcolm Carneal, Digital Nomad
Answered: Jul 20, 2018
The answer to this is letter D. Pulse. The patient has high potassium levels which means that there is a possibility that the person will experience cardiac arrhythmias. This is a condition...Read More

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Which laboratory value should be closely monitored?
E. Austin
Answered: Dec 26, 2018
Corrected answer is option A – Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) A client with renal insufficiency on antibiotics should have the BUN and creatinine closely monitored. Aminoglycosides such as...Read More

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What is the correct administration and effects of the enema?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 18, 2024
Retain the enema for 30 minutes to allow for sodium exchange; afterward, the client should have diarrhea.-rationale: kayexalate is a sodium-exchange resin. thus, the client will gain sodium as...Read More

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What is the most common urinary disorder?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 18, 2024
An elderly client with bladder cancer awaiting surgery, an elderly client who had a prostatectomy and bladder irrigation 2 days ago, and an elderly client with renal insufficiency.-rationale: the...Read More

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How many milliliters does the nurse calculate as urine? After a retropubic prostatectomy, a client needs continuous bladder irrigation. The client has an I.V. of dextrose 5% in water infusing...
H. Martin, Content Writer
Answered: Oct 16, 2018
Radical retropubic prostatectomy is a process in which the gland is removed. A surgeon will make a cut in the abdomen to remove the prostate. The reason for this process could be because the...Read More

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How should the nurse respond?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 18, 2024
You can safely have unprotected intercourse when your sperm count indicates sterilization. After a vasectomy, sterilization isnt ensured until the clients sperm count measures zero. This us...Read More

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Which nursing intervention is the most important for a client in the oliguric phase of acute renal failure (ARF)?
M. Kennedy, Web Content Writer
Answered: Sep 11, 2018
Acute kidney failure is a rapid depletion of renal function due to damage to the kidneys. The oliguric time is accompanied by an increase in the serum concentration of substances that glomerular...Read More

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Why does the urea level increase?
Cesar H. Pablo, Journalist
Answered: May 01, 2018
Provide a high-protein, fluid-monitored diet:

Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) is a kidney disease that comes up between 10 to 14 days after a skin or throat...Read More

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What is genitourinary system test?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 18, 2024
Check the client\ s pedal pulses frequently.-rationale: after renal angiography involving a femoral puncture site, the nurse should check the clients pedal pulses frequently to detect reduced...Read More

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What should the nurse conclude?
H. Martin, Content Writer
Answered: Oct 16, 2018
Many people suffer from bladder cancer. Sometimes, the bladder must be removed due to the cancer. In this case, then the surgeon will create a urine diversion so that the urine can be stored and...Read More

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What is the function of the genitourinary system?
M. Kennedy, Web Content Writer
Answered: Jul 18, 2018
Further teaching is needed for the patient based on the statement, 'I'll have to wear an external collection pouch the rest of my life.' This is because an internal pouch like the Kock pouch...Read More

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Why does urea level increase?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 18, 2024
Confusion, headache, and seizures.-rationale: dialysis equilibrium syndrome causes confusion, a decreasing level of consciousness, headache, and seizures. these findings, which may last several...Read More

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What is the client at highest risk for developing a hospital-acquired infection?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 18, 2024
A client with an indwelling urinary catheter-rationale: the invasive nature of an indwelling urinary catheter increases the clients risk of a hospital-acquired infection. the nurse must perform...Read More

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543 views
What is the function of the genitourinary system?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 18, 2024
Notify the physician about cloudy or foul-smelling urine.-rationale: the nurse should instruct the client to report the presence of foul-smelling or cloudy urine to the physician. unless...Read More

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