When planning care for a client with renal failure, the nurse should recognize that which of these is the single best determinant of a client’s fluid volume status and must be done on every client in renal failure? 

What is the most serious electrolyte disorder associated with kidney disease? 

Number the following in the order of the phases of exchange in peritoneal dialysis (PD).   

Which therapeutic measure will not reduce potassium level? 

For a client in the oliguria phase of acute renal injury, which nursing intervention is most important?

What indicates to the nurse that a client with AKI is in the recovery phase? 

What are intrarenal causes of acute kidney injury (AKI) (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)?

Among the laboratory studies used to monitor renal failure the erythrocyte count is important because

The client with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is brought to the emergency department with Kussmaul respirations.  What does the nurse know about CKD that could cause this client’s Kussmaul respirations? 

When obtaining nursing information from a client with cancer of the urinary system, what does the nurse recognize as a risk factor associated with both kidney cancer and bladder cancer?