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Chapter 48 Urine
Chapter 48 Urinary Elimination Vocabulary
| Vocabulary | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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