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GU Assessment
Gastrourinay Assessment- Test 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In assessing the Gu system, what are we inspecting? | the skin aroung the bladder and the kidneys |
| what is aneuric? | when the client cannot void. |
| What are some uses of a bedpan or a bedside commode? | for patients who have to void but have difficulty getting out of the bed. |
| Why would a patient use a raised tioilet seat? | if the patient has muscle problems, it allows the patient to do less bending. |
| Nocturia? | frequently waking up in the middle of the nnight to void |
| Urgency/ Urge incontinence? | when the patient has the urge feeling to go tho the bathroom. |
| Asses the urine includes? | inspecting the color, odor, concentration, hematuria, oliguria, polyguria, |
| What is the purpose of a bladder scan? | A less invasive method of determing urinary retention in the bladder. |
| Straight catherer? | done with sterile technique, no ballon, helps in draining the urine out of the bladder (post void residual) |
| What are three forms of catheters? | suprapubis, indwelling foley cath., and the straight cath. |
| Ask the client if they experience p_____, I_____, B________, D_______. | pain, itching, burning, discharge |
| normal urinary output is? | 1000 and 1500ml per day30ml/hr-240mkl/8 hour shift |
| How would a nurse palpate the bladder? | roll hands across the bladder for signs of distention. |
| When emptying a foley, you must make sure that the bag is _______ the bladder. Why? | the bag needs to be below the bladder so that the urine does not backwash back into the bladder. |
| What |