Chapter 34: Acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease
The nurse is caring for a client with heart failure, which in turn is causing a prerenal problem. Which alteration in diagnostic studies does the nurse anticipate?
A BUN creatinine ratio of greater than 15: 1
The nurse caring for a group of clients should monitor which clients for the development of intrarenal failure?
Client taking gentamicin for the treatment of a kidney infection. Client with lead poisoning. Client with acute glomerulonephritis Client with septic shock from pneumonia.
The nurse is instructing a client with advanced kidney disease (AKD) about a dietary regimen. Which restriction should the nurse be sure to include in the treatment plan to decrease the progress of renal impairment in people with AKD?
Dietary protein