When the patient enters into nephrotic syndrome after an exacerbation of glomerulonephritis, the nurse would expect to see: 

A nurse is caring for an older adult patient who has confusion and weakness.  The patient has a Hct of 53%, a BUN of 25 mg/dL and a Urine Specific Gravity of 1.232.  Which of the following actions should the nurse contribute to the patient’s plan of care? (Select all that apply) 

A charge nurse overhears a newly licensed nurse providing instructions to a female patient on the proper steps to collect a midstream urine specimen. Which of the following statements made by the newly licensed nurse requires the charge nurse to intervene? 

The nurse would document a patient as being febrile if the patient’s temperature was over_________*F. 

Which medication is a potassium-sparing diuretic? 

When the patient asks why he has had so many urinary tract infections (UTIs), the nurse points out that UTIs can result from: 

A patient is complaining of moderate bladder pain and spasms secondary to a UTI.  Which drug would assist in relieving symptoms? 

Which condition warrants the use of acetazolamide (Diamox) as a diuretic? 

The nurse recommends that in order to keep optimum flow through the urinary system, a person should have a minimum intake of ____________ mL/day. 

A nurse gets a positive Chvostek’s sign on a young women with bulimia who has been giving herself frequent enemas containing phosphate.  The nurse anticipates a laboratory finding of __________ mEq/L.