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Chapter 48 Urine
Chapter 48 Urinary Elimination Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Definition |
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Anuria | the failure of the kidneys to produce urine, resulting in a total lack of urination or output of less than 100 mL per day in an adult |
Bladder training | client postpones voiding, resists or inhibits the sensation of urgency, and voids according to a timetable rather than according to the urge to void |
Creatinine clearance | a test uses 24 |
Credé's maneuver | manual exertion of pressure on the bladder to force urine out |
Detrusor muscle | the smooth muscle layers of the bladder |
Dialysis | a technique by which fluids and molecules pass through a semipermeable membrane according to the rules of osmosis |
Diuresis | the production of large amounts of urine by the kidneys without an increased fluid intake |
Diuretics | agents that increase urine secretion |
Dysuria | painful or difficult voiding |
Enuresis | bedwetting; involuntary passing of urine in children after bladder control is achieved |
Glomerulus | a tuft of capillaries in the kidney surrounded by Bowman's capsule |
Habit training | referred to as timed voiding or scheduled toileting, attempts to keep clients dry by having them void at regular intervals |
Meatus | an opening, passage, or channel |
Neurogenic bladder | interference with the normal mechanisms of urine elimination in which the client does not perceive bladder fullness and is unable to control the urinary sphincters; the result of impaired neurologic function |
Nocturia | voiding two or more times at night |
Nocturnal enuresis | involuntary urination at night |
Nocturnal frequency | the need for older adults to arise during the night to urinate |
Oliguria | production of abnormally small amounts of urine by the kidney |
Polydipsia | excessive thirst |
Polyuria | excessive urination |
Prompted voiding | supplements habit training by encouraging the client to try to use the toilet (prompting) and reminding the client when to void |
Reflux | an automatic response of the body to a stimulus |
Residual urine | the amount of urine remaining in the bladder after a person voids |
Suprapubic catheter | catheter inserted through the abdominal wall above the symphysis pubis into the urinary bladder |
Trigone | a triangular area at the base of the bladder marked by the ureter openings at the posterior corners and the opening of urethra at the anterior corner |
Urgency | the feeling that one must urinate |
Urinary frequency | the need to urinate often |
Urinary hesitancy | a delay and difficulty in initiating voiding; often associated with dysuria |
Urination (micturition, voiding) | the process of emptying the bladder |