Nursing Fundamentals Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
VOIDING | emptying of the bladder |
UROSEPSIS | life-threatening blood-stream infection |
STOMA | opening in the abdominal wall |
RESIDUAL URINE | volume of urine remaining in the bladder after normal voiding |
UROMETER | device for measuring frequent and small amounts of urine from an indwelling urinary catheter |
PROTEINURIA | abnormally large amounts of protein in the urine |
MICTURITION | complex interaction between the bladder, urinary sphincter and central nervous system |
URINE HAT | collects urine in the toilet |
GRADUATED MEASURING CONTAINER | measures urine volume |
URINARY INCONTINENCE | involuntary loss of urine |
URINARY REFLUX | back flow of urine |
HEMATURIA | presence of blood in the urine |
URINARY DIVERSION | section of the intestine to create a storage reservoir/conduit for urine |
DYSURIA | pain/discomfort associated with voiding |
URINARY CATHETERIZATION | placement of a tube through the urethra into the bladder to drain urine |
BACTERURIA | bacteria in the urine |
URETEROSTOMY | (ileal conduit) a permanent incontinent urinary diversion created by transplanting the ureters into a closed-off portion of the intestinal ileium |
SUPRAPUBIC CATHETER | urinary drainage tube inserted surgically into the bladder through the abdominal wall above the symphysis bladder |
BACTEREMIA | life-threatening blood-stream infection |
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