Which injury would lead the nurse to suspect kidney trauma:

The most appropriate nursing action for an uncircumcised male patient with a zipper injury would be to:

The nurse would expect a patient with ureteral trauma to be best managed by:

The nurse would anticipate a penile fracture to be treated by:

In a patient with renal contusion, if the patient’s pain increases, the nurse’s main priority would be to:

The nurse would expect a patient with a ruptured bladder to exhibit which signs and symptoms:

A patient’s assessment findings reveal ecchymosis around the left flank area. This would best be interpreted as:

Which test would confirm a diagnosis of renal trauma most conclusively?

Which symptom is present when the urethra is completely transected?

Which common assessment finding is considered a nonspecific sign of genitourinary trauma?

Which procedure would the nurse most likely expect to see used to confirm a diagnosis of renal calculi?

Which action should be the nurse’s priority when treating a patient with renal colic?

If a kidney were partially obstructed by a calculus, the nurse would expect the patient’s urine output to:

Which of the following would not be commonly seen in a patient suffering from kidney stones?

Which medication should be avoided if renal calculi are suspected?

A 26-year-old woman arrives at the ED complaining of dysuria, fever of 101o F (38.3oC), and urinary frequency. She has had these symptoms for 36 hours. Physical examination reveals suprapubic tenderness but no flank pain. No history of UTI or urologic instrumentation is evident. She informs the nurse that she had sexual intercourse 12 hours before the onset of symptoms. She has no significant medical history and takes no medications. Her complete blood count, serum electrolyte, BUN, and glucose levels are normal. A tentative diagnosis of UTI is made, and urine specimens for analysis and culture are sent to the laboratory. When taking the health history, the nurse should remember to ask the patient about:

Which nursing action is most appropriate in the treatment of UTI?

Which information about a UTI should the nurse include in the discharge teaching for a patient:

Which of the following is not seen in a patient with prostatitis?

Which assessment data are characteristic of UTI?

In caring for a patient with an indwelling urinary catheter, strategies to reduce the risk of infection would include all except:

Which diagnostic study would be necessary if a patient had hematuria?

The nurse is assessing a patient with a hard scrotal mass that cannot be transilluminated. This finding most likely indicates:

In a patient diagnosed with a UTI, the nurse practitioner writes prescriptions for Bactrim and Pyridium. Which statement best reflects that the patient needs further discharge instructions?

Which organism is the most common cause of UTI?