A nurse is caring for a client following an infratentorial craniotomy. How should the nurse
position this client in the immediate post-operative period?
Keep client on either side for 24 to 48 hours to prevent pressu
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A nurse is caring for a client following an infratentorial craniotomy. How should the nurse
position this client in the immediate post-operative period?
Keep client on either side for 24 to 48 hours to prevent pressure on the neck and
incision site.
A nurse is caring for a client who has been admitted with renal calculi. List three (3)
interventions the nurse will take in the management of renal calculi.
Report lab and diagnostic findings to the provider
Provide preoperative and postoperative care as indicated
Administer prescribed medications
Strain all urine to check for passage of the calculus and save the calculus for lab
analysis
Encourage increase in oral intake to 3L/day
Administer IV fluids as prescribed
Encourage Ambulation to promote passage of calculus
Define the following types of urinary incontinence: Stress, urge, overflow, reflex, functional,
total.
Stress – happens when physical movement or activity such as coughing, sneezing,
running, or heavy lifting puts pressure on your bladder urine leaks with pressure on
bladder, unexpected pressure like sneezing
Urge – when you have a sudden urge to urinate, the bladder contracts when it
shouldn’t, causing some urine to leak through the sphincter muscles holding the bladder
closed
Overflow - characterized by the involuntary release of urine from an overfull urinary
bladder, often in the absence of any urge to urinate
Reflex – occurs when the bladder muscle contracts and urine leaks without any
warning or urge
Functional – a form of incontinence in which a person is usually aware of the need to
urinate, but for one or more physical or mental reasons they are unable to get to a
bathroom
Total – the continuous and total loss of urinary control. One is neurogenic bladder.
A nurse is caring for a client experiencing metabolic acidosis. What are three (3) causes of
metabolic acidosis?
Excess production of hydrogen ions
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