5 Renal Question Collection for Exam

A client is scheduled for a creatinine clearance test. The nurse should explain that this test is done to assess the kidneys' ability to remove a substance from the plasma in:

1 minute.

The nurse is assessing a patient upon admission to the hospital. What significant nursing assessment data is relevant to renal function? Select all that apply.

Any voiding disorders The patient's occupation The presence of hypertension or diabetes

The nurse is instructing a health class of high school seniors on the function of the kidney. The nurse is correct to highlight which information? Select all that apply.

Excretes waste products Controls blood pressure Regulate calcium and the synthesis of vitamin D Activates growth hormone Regulates red blood cell production

Enlargement of the prostate causes which of the following to occur? Select all that apply.

Frequency Oliguria Anuria Obstruction of urine flow

A client with a history of chronic renal infections is to undergo CT with contrast. Before the procedure, the nurse should complete which action?

Place emergency medical equipment in the procedure room.

A client has experienced excessive losses of bicarbonate and has subsequently developed an acid-base imbalance. How will this lost bicarbonate be replaced?

Renal tubular cells will generate new bicarbonate.

The nurse is preparing the procedure room for a client who will undergo an intravenous pyelogram. Which item(s) should the nurse include?

Suction equipment

A client presents to the emergency department complaining of a dull, constant ache along the right costovertebral angle along with nausea and vomiting. The most likely cause of the client's symptoms is:

renal calculi.