Adult health Medsurge Chapter 28: Nursing Management: Patients With Urinary Disorders

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A client with urinary tract infection is prescribed phenazopyridine (Pyridium). Which of the following instructions would the nurse give the client?

"This medication will relieve your pain."

A client presents at the clinic with reports of urinary retention. What question should the nurse ask to obtain additional information about the client's report?

"When did you last urinate?"

In assessing the appropriateness of removing a suprapubic catheter, the nurse recognizes that the client's residual urine must be less than which amount?

100 mL

A nurse catheterized an elderly client and confirmed the presence of residual urine. What residual urine volume would be considered abnormal for an elderly client?

150 mL

Which information is important when teaching a client how to perform self-catheterization?

Catheterization should occur every 4 to 6 hours and before bedtime.

What is the most common presenting objective symptom of a urinary tract infection in older adults, especially in those with dementia?

Change in cognitive functioning

The nurse working with a client after an ileal conduit notices that the pouching system is leaking small amounts of urine. What is the appropriate nursing intervention?

Change the wafer and pouch.

The nurse has been asked to provide health information to a female patient diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. What appropriate instructions will the nurse provide? Select all that apply.

Cleanse around the perineum and urethral meatus after each bowel movement to reduce pathogens. Drink liberal amounts of fluid to flush out bacteria. Void every 2-3 hours to prevent overdistention of the bladder

Which term refers to inflammation of the renal pelvis?

Pyelonephritis

A patient with a UTI is having burning and pain when urinating. What urinary analgesic is prescribed for relief of these symptoms?

Pyridium

The nurse is reviewing the results of a urinalysis on a client with acute pyelonephritis. Which of the following would the nurse most likely expect to find?

Pyuria

Sympathomimetics have which of the following effects on the body?

Relaxation of bladder wall

A woman comes to her health care provider's office with signs and symptoms of kidney stones. Which of the following should be the primary medical management goal?

Relieve the pain.

Following percutaneous nephrolithotomy, the client is at greatest risk for which nursing diagnosis?

Risk for infection

Which nursing diagnosis is appropriate for a client with renal calculi?

Risk for infection

A 69-year-old man is postoperative day 2 following a transurethral prostatic resection (TUPR). The patient had his urinary catheter removed at 06:00 this morning but has not voided in the 5 hours since the removal, despite the fact that he has been drinking large amounts of fluids. What nursing assessment will most accurately determine whether the patient is retaining urine?

Bladder ultrasound

The nurse is giving discharge instructions to the client with uric acid renal calculi. Which statement by the client indicates the client understands the prescribed diet?

"I should limit my intake of meat and fish."

A nurse is presenting at a community health promotion fair that is focused on disease prevention and screening. A middle-aged participant has brought up an article that she recently read about bladder cancer and has asked the nurse about prevention measures. How should the nurse respond to this woman's inquiry?

"If you smoke cigarettes, quitting will greatly reduce your risk of bladder cancer."

A client undergoes extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Before discharge, the nurse should provide which instruction?

"Increase your fluid intake to 2 to 3 L per day."

A client with urinary incontinence asks the nurse for suggestions about managing this condition. Which suggestion would be most appropriate?

"Make sure to eat enough fiber to prevent constipation."

The nurse is caring for a client who is scheduled for the creation of an ileal conduit. Which statement by the client provides evidence that client teaching was effective?

"My urine will be eliminated through a stoma."

A nurse is conducting a health history on a patient who is seeing her health care provider for symptoms consistent with a UTI. The nurse understands that the most common route of infection is which of the following?

By ascending infection (transurethral)

The nurse observes a client's uric acid level of 9.3 mg/dL. When teaching the client about ways to decrease the uric acid level, which diet would the nurse suggest?

A low-purine diet

A client comes to the emergency department complaining of severe pain in the right flank, nausea, and vomiting. The physician tentatively diagnoses right ureterolithiasis (renal calculi). When planning this client's care, the nurse should assign the highest priority to which nursing diagnosis?

Acute pain

A client is frustrated and embarrassed by urinary incontinence. Which measure should the nurse include in a bladder retraining program?

Assessing present voiding patterns

Behavioral interventions for urinary incontinence can be coordinated by a nurse. A comprehensive program that incorporates timed voiding and urinary urge inhibition is referred to as what?

Bladder retraining

Which of the following would be least appropriate to suggest to a client with a urinary diversion to control odor?

Eat plenty of cheese and eggs.

A male client who is admitted with the diagnosis of urinary calculi complains of excruciating pain. The pain is suspected to be caused by increased pressure in the renal pelvis. Which measure would be most appropriate to provide pain relief?

Encourage frequent ambulation.

A nurse is caring for a client who had a stroke. Which nursing intervention promotes urinary continence?

Encouraging intake of at least 2 L of fluid daily

Which of the following is a cause of a calcium renal stone?

Excessive intake of vitamin D

Which metabolic defects are associated with stone formation?

Hyperparathyroidism

Which type of incontinence refers to the involuntary loss of urine due to extrinsic medical factors, particularly medications?

Iatrogenic

The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with bladder cancer and requiring a cystectomy. The nurse overhears the physician instructing the client on the presence of a stoma with temporary pouch. In gathering information for the client, which urinary diversion would the nurse select?

Ileal conduit

The nurse is assisting in the development of a protocol for bladder retraining following removal of an indwelling catheter. Which item should the nurse include?

Implement a 2- to 3-hour voiding schedule

A nurse caring for a patient with a neurogenic bladder knows to assess for the major complication of:

Infection

A 20-year-old male patient has been brought to the emergency department (ED) by ambulance with a gunshot wound that has resulted in urethral trauma. In light of this patient's injuries, the ED nurse should anticipate what intervention?

Insertion of a suprapubic catheter

A urology nurse is caring for a male patient admitted to the unit with bladder distention from prostatic hypertrophy. The health care provider orders placement of an indwelling urinary catheter. The nurse and urologist are both unsuccessful in catheterizing this patient due to the prostatic obstruction. What approach does the nurse anticipate the health care provider using to drain the patient's bladder?

Insertion of a suprapubic catheter

A female client who suffers from urethral strictures undergoes a dilation procedure and experiences a burning sensation while voiding. Which nursing instruction would be most helpful?

Instruct the use of warm sitz baths.

The treatment of choice for a spinal cord-injured patient with impaired bladder emptying would include which of the following?

Intermittent self-catheterization

After undergoing retropubic prostatectomy, a client returns to his room. The client is on nothing-by-mouth status and has an IV infusing in his right forearm at a rate of 100 ml/hour. The client also has an indwelling urinary catheter that's draining light pink urine. While assessing the client, the nurse notes that his urine output is red and has dropped to 15 ml and 10 ml for the last 2 consecutive hours. How can the nurse best explain this drop in urine output?

It's an abnormal finding that requires further assessment.

A 52-year-old patient is scheduled to undergo ileal conduit surgery and has several appropriate questions for the nurse. What would be the most relevant nursing diagnosis for this patient?

Knowledge deficit about the surgical procedure and postoperative care

A nurse who is taking care of a patient with a spinal cord injury documents the frequency of reflex incontinence. The nurse understands that this is most likely due to:

Loss of motor control of the detrusor muscle.

Examination of a client's bladder stones reveals that they are primarily composed of uric acid. The nurse would expect to provide the client with which type of diet?

Low purine

A patient who has been treated for uric acid stones is being discharged from the hospital. What type of diet does the nurse discuss with the patient?

Low-purine diet

A patient has had surgery to create an ileal conduit for urinary diversion. What is a priority intervention by the nurse in the postoperative phase of care?

Monitor urine output hourly and report output less than 30 mL/hr.

A nurse has been asked to speak to a local women's group about preventing cystitis. Which of the following would the nurse include in the presentation?

Need to urinate after engaging in sexual intercourse

The nurse is caring for a client with a cystoscopy tube draining urine from the bladder. When reviewing the client's history prior to administering care, which is of most concern?

New diagnosis of urosepsis

The nurse is caring for a patient who underwent percutaneous lithotripsy earlier in the day. In this procedure, an ultrasonic probe inserted through a nephrostomy tube into the renal pelvis generates ultra-high-frequency sound waves to shatter renal calculi. What instruction should the nurse give the patient?

Notify the health care provider about cloudy or foul-smelling urine.

A 30-year-old woman has presented for care, stating, "I'm pretty sure that I've got a UTI, so I think I'll need some antibiotics." In the presence of a UTI, the nurse would expect the woman to have which of the following signs and symptoms? Select all that apply.

Pain on urination Urinary frequency Urgency

Which of the following is the most common symptom of bladder cancer?

Painless gross hematuria

A nurse is reviewing the history and physical examination of a client with a suspected malignant tumor of the bladder. Which finding would the nurse identify as the most common initial symptom?

Painless hematuria

A 64-year-old man is seeing his urologist for an annual check-up, post prostatectomy. The health care provider is concerned with the symptom he finds because it is considered diagnostic for bladder cancer. Which of the following signs/symptoms is diagnostic for bladder cancer?

Painless, gross hematuria

Which type of incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine through an intact urethra as a result of coughing?

Stress

Which type of incontinence refers to involuntary loss of urine through an intact urethra as a result of a sudden increase in intra-abdominal pressure?

Stress

The nurse is educating a female patient with a UTI on the pharmacologic regimen for treatment. What is important for the nurse to instruct the patient to do?

Take the antibiotic for 3 days as prescribed.

The clinic nurse is preparing a plan of care for a patient complaining of stress incontinence. The plan of care incorporates behavioral therapy as an approach to the management of stress incontinence. What role will the nurse have in implementing the behavioral therapy approach?

Teach the patient to perform pelvic floor muscle exercises

The nurse provides care for a client who is prescribed bladder retraining following urinary catheterization. Complete the following sentence by choosing from the lists of options.

The nurse should first ask the client to Urinate then perform the prescribe bladder scan

The nurse is assisting in the transport of a client with an indwelling catheter to the diagnostic studies unit. Which action made by the nursing assistant would require instruction?

The nursing assistant places the drainage bag on the client's abdomen for transport.

A client asks the nurse why cystitis is more common in women than in men. Which of the following body parts will the nurse include in the answer?

The urethra

A gerontological nurse is aware of the high incidence and prevalence of urinary tract infections (UTIs) among older adults. Consequently, the nurse is implementing plans of care that attempt to reduce this risk. Which of the following actions present the greatest risk of UTIs for older adults?

The use of indwelling urinary catheters

Which is the procedure of choice for men with recurrent or complicated UTIs?

Transrectal ultrasonography

A patient had an ileal conduit created and is being cared for by a postsurgical nurse. What is a complication the nurse would monitor this patient for in the immediate postoperative care period?

Ureteral obstruction

A client comes to the clinic for a follow-up visit. During the interview, the client states, "Sometimes when I have to urinate I can't control it, and do not reach the bathroom in time." The nurse suspects that the client is experiencing which type of incontinence?

Urge

The nurse advises a patient with renal stones to avoid eating shellfish, asparagus, and organ meats. She emphasizes these foods because she knows that his renal stones are composed of which of the following substances?

Uric acid

A client comes to the emergency department complaining of a sudden onset of sharp, severe flank pain. During the physical examination, the client indicates that the pain, which comes in waves, travels to the suprapubic region. He states, "I can even feel the pain at the tip of my penis." Which of the following would the nurse suspect?

Urinary calculi

Which statement describing urinary incontinence in an older adult client is true?

Urinary incontinence isn't a disease.

A group of students are reviewing information about disorders of the bladder and urethra. The students demonstrate understanding of the material when they identify which of the following as a voiding dysfunction?

Urinary retention

Which of the following is the most common site of a nosocomial infection?

Urinary tract

A client is scheduled to undergo surgical creation of an ileal conduit. The primary nurse educates the client about surgery and the postoperative period. The nurse informs the client that many members of the health care team (including a mental health practitioner) will see him. A mental health practitioner should be involved in the client's care to:

help the client cope with the anxiety associated with changes in body image.

The nurse recognizes that which risk factor does NOT predispose a client to the development of kidney stones?

hypoparathyroidism

A client has a suspected bladder tumor. What is the most common first symptom of a malignant tumor of the bladder?

painless hematuria

A client with urinary retention needs to undergo a procedure to insert an indwelling catheter. What should the nurse discuss with the health care provider before catheterization?

type and size of the catheter to be used

A 44-year-old woman was diagnosed with an uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI) and completed her prescribed 3-day course of antibiotics 2 days ago. However, she states that she is experiencing the same signs and symptoms that initially prompted her to seek care. The nurse should anticipate that:

The patient may require another short course of antibiotics followed by a longer-term regimen.

The nurse is planning the care of a male patient who has been admitted to the medical unit with an exacerbation of chronic pyelonephritis. Which of the following goals should the nurse prioritize in the planning of this patient's nursing care?

The patient will consume 3 to 4 L of fluid each day.

A 62-year-old male patient was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 5 years ago but has not implemented measures to closely monitor or control his blood sugar levels. As a result, he has begun to experience some of the sequelae of diabetes, including flaccid bladder. In cases of flaccid bladder, what pathophysiological process takes place?

The patient's bladder overfills, leading to overflow incontinence without the patient's knowledge.

A client with bladder cancer had his bladder removed and an ileal conduit created for urine diversion. While changing this client's pouch, the nurse observes that the area around the stoma is red, weeping, and painful. What should the nurse conclude?

The pouch faceplate doesn't fit the stoma.

The nurse is employed in a urologist's office. Which classification of medication is anticipated for clients having difficulty with urinary incontinence?

Anticholinergic

The patient has been diagnosed with urge incontinence. What classification of medication does the nurse expect the patient will be placed on to help alleviate the symptoms?

Anticholinergic agents

An ileal conduit is created for a client after a radical cystectomy. Which of the following would the nurse expect to include in the client's plan of care?

Application of an ostomy pouch

The nurse is encouraging the client with recurrent urinary tract infections to increase fluid intake to 8 large glasses of fluids daily. Which beverage would the nurse discourage for this client?

Coffee in the morning

The nurse is caring for an older client whose chart reveals that the client has a reversible cause of urinary incontinence. The nurse creates a plan of care for which condition?

Constipation

After teaching a group of students about the types of urinary incontinence and possible causes, the instructor determines that the students have understood the material when they identify which of the following as a cause of stress incontinence?

Decreased pelvic muscle tone due to multiple pregnancies

Which nursing diagnosis is appropriate for the client with a new ileal conduit? Select all that apply.

Deficient knowledge: management of urinary diversion Disturbed body image Risk for impaired skin integrity

A nurse who works in a clinic sees many patients with a variety of medical conditions. The nurse understands that a risk factor for UTIs is which of the following?

Diabetes mellitus

A 60-year-old woman has begun a course of oral antibiotics for the treatment of a urinary tract infection (UTI). The patient's nurse should recognize that the causative microorganisms most likely originated from:

Fecal contamination from the patient's perineum

The nurse is caring for a client with incontinence. Which criteria will the nurse instruct the client to track when logging self-care activities? Select all that apply.

Frequency of voiding Episodes of incontinence Changes in bladder function Timing of pelvic floor muscle exercises

Which type of voiding dysfunction is seen in clients diagnosed with Parkinson disease?

Incontinence

If an indwelling catheter is necessary, which nursing intervention should be implemented to prevent infection?

Perform meticulous perineal care daily with soap and water

The nurse is caring for a postoperative client who has a Kock pouch. Nursing assessment findings reveal abdominal pain, absence of bowel sounds, fever, tachycardia, and tachypnea. The nurse suspects which of the following?

Peritonitis

The following catheterization procedures are used to treat clients with urinary retention. Which procedure would the nurse identify as carrying the greatest risk to the client?

Permanent drainage with a urethral catheter

Which medication may be ordered to relieve discomfort associated with a urinary tract infection?

Phenazopyridine

The nurse is conducting a history and assessment related to a client's incontinence. Which element should the nurse include in the assessment before beginning a bladder training program?

Physical and environmental conditions

A client has developed urinary incontinence after having a urinary catheter in place for a few weeks. What is the initial nursing intervention the nurse should use to start the client with bladder training?

Place client on a timed voiding schedule.

In consultation with her care team, a woman with a diagnosis of cancer has had a continent urinary diversion (Indiana pouch) created. The patient is discussing the advantages and disadvantages of this procedure with her nurse. The nurse should be aware of which of the following advantages of an Indiana pouch?

The patient does not have to wear an external collection bag.

The nurse recognizes that test results that most likely indicate a urinary tract infection include:

WBC 50

The nurse is caring for a client who has a type of urinary diversion that requires an external ostomy bag to collect the urine. This client has:

an incontinent urinary diversion.

A nurse is providing care for a patient who has had an indwelling urinary catheter in place for the past several days. To reduce this patient's risk of developing a catheter-related infection, the nurse should:

Ensure that the collection bag is always below the height of the patient's bladder.

A 49-year-old man has been brought to the emergency department by his wife, who states that her husband is experiencing a repeat episode of kidneys stones. When planning interventions for this patient's immediate care, what problem is likely to be the priority?

Pain

Bladder retraining following removal of an indwelling catheter begins with

instructing the client to follow a 2- to 3-hour timed voiding schedule.


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