Which statement regarding urethral trauma is true:

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

A 24-year-old man is brought to the emergency department (ED), after having sustained blunt trauma to the left kidney during a boxing match. He is awake and alert. His chief complaint is flank tenderness. Urinalysis reveals microscopic hematuria. All other laboratory values are within normal limits. Vital signs are blood pressure 130/70 mmHg, pulse rate 76 beats/minute, and respiratory rate 20 breaths/minute. He is scheduled for transfer to the medical-surgical unit as soon as a bed is available. Which assessment findings indicate renal trauma:

Which symptom is present when the urethra is completely transected?

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

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

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

Which injury would lead the nurse to suspect kidney trauma:

A patient with a ruptured bladder should also be assessed for:

The physician determines that your patient has a renal contusion. Priority intervention would include:

Which medication should be avoided if renal calculi are suspected?

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

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

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

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