Renal & Urinary Nursing -- Practice Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) *** A client with acute kidney injury has a serum potassium level of 6.0 mEq/L. The nurse should plan which action as a
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1) check the sodium level 2) place the client on a cardiac monitor 3) encourage increased vegetables in the diet 4) allow an extra 500 mL of fluid intake to dilute the electrolyte concentration - Correct Answers ✅2 *** A client being hemodialyzed suddenly becomes short of breath and complains of chest pain. The client is tachycardic, pale, and anxious and the nurse suspects air emoblism. What is the PRIORITY nursing action?1) monitor vital signs 2) d/c dialysis and notify the HCP 3) continue dialysis at a slower rate after checking the lines for air 4) bolus the client with 500 mL of NS to break up the air embolus - Correct Answers ✅2 If the client experiences air embolus during hemodialysis, the nurse should terminate dialysis immediately, notify the HCP, and administer O2 as needed. 1 / 3
Renal & Urinary Nursing -- Practice Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) A client arrives at the ED with complaints of low abdominal pain and hematuria. The client is afebrile. The nurse NEXT assesses the client to determine a hX of which condition?1) pyelonephritis 2) glomerulonephritis 3) trauma to the bladder or abdomen 4) renal cancer in the client's family - Correct Answers ✅3 Bladder trauma or injury should be considered or suspected in the client with low abdominal pain and hematuria.Glomerulonephritis and pyelonephritis would be accompanied by fever and are thus not applicable to the client described in this question. Renal cancer would not cause pain that is felt in the low abdomen; rather, the pain would be in the flank area.A client is admitted to the ED following a motor vehicle accident. The client was wearing a lap seat belt when the accident occurred and now the client has hematuria and lower abdominal pain. To assess further whether the pain is caused by bladder trauma, the nurse should ask the client if the pain is referred to which area? 2 / 3
Renal & Urinary Nursing -- Practice Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) 1) hip 2) shoulder 3) umbilicus 4) costovertebral angle - Correct Answers ✅2 *** A client is admitted to the ED following a fall from a horse and the HCP prescribes insertion of a Foley. While preparing for the procedure, the nurse notes blood at the urinary meatus. The nurse should take which action?1) notify the HCP 2) use a small-sized catheter 3) administer pain medication before inserting the catheter 4) use extra povidone-iodine solution in cleansing the meatus
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The nurse is assessing the patency of a client's left arm arteriovenous fistula prior to initiating hemodialysis. Which finding indicates that the fistula is patent?1) palpation of a thrill over the fistula 2) presence of a radial pulse in the left wrist 3) absence of a bruit on auscultation of the fistula