Your client had surgery to form an arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis.  Which information is important for providing care for this client? 

The nurse is caring for a client who has a nephrostomy tube.   What action should the nurse take?

Because of impaired urine elimination, which one of the following skin problems will require additional team planning? 

For a client with CKD the nurse identifies a nursing diagnosis of risk for injury: fracture related to alterations in calcium and phosphorus metabolism.  What is the pathologic process directly related to the increased risk for fractures? 

A client returning to the medical unit after dialysis session.  The nurse notes bleeding from the client’s vascular access in the left arm.  Which of the following is the nurse’s first action? 

Which nursing diagnosis is of priority concern for a client undergoing peritoneal dialysis? 

The physician has prescribed fluid challenge of 500 mL of intravenous fluid to be infused at a rapid rate, followed by the administration of loop diuretic intravenously to sustain or improve renal function.  While the fluid is being administered, which one of the following is most important for the nurse to monitor? 

The nurse notes the amount and color of urine of the client with urolithiasis.  While using standards precautions, the nurse’s next action would be to: 

The nurse would expect dialysis to be done on a client when they develop (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)?

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?