The nurse is monitoring the urine output of a patient who had surgery. The unlicensed assistive personnel reports the patient has had 4.40 mL of urine output in the past 8 hours. What is the patient's average hourly urine output?
Monitoring the urine output post surgery is very important.
The average hourly urine output of the patient is 0.5 to 1 ml/kg/hr
The nurse is monitoring the urine output of a patient who had surgery. The unlicensed assistive...
The nurse is monitoring the urine output of a patient who had surgery. The unlicensed assistive personnel reports the patient has had 440 mL of urine output in the past 8 hours. What is the patient's average hourly urine output?
13. A nurse is supervising an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) who is caring for a patient 5 days after a left total hip replacement. The nurse would intervene immediately if observing the UAP performing which action? a. Assisting the patient to a raised toilet b. Offering fluids and snacks between meals c. Turning patient in bed with a wedge pillow in place d. Instructing the patient to lean forward to put on shoes
The nurse is evaluating a patient's fluid status. The patient weighs 183 pounds and a hourly urine output of 0.8 mL/hour. What is the patient's average hourly urine output based on the patient's weight in kilograms? (round to the nearest whole number for the weight and urine output).
The nurse is evaluating a patient's fluid status. The patient weighs 183 pounds and a hourly urine output of 0.8 mL/hour. What is the patient's average hourly urine output based on the patient's weight in kilograms? 1mL/hour. (round to the nearest whole number for the weight and urine output).
A nurse is caring for a patient who had an indwelling urethral catheter removed 24-hours ago and had been urinating without difficulty. The patient reports feeling like the bladder is full but cannot void. The nurse scanned the patient's bladder finding 525 mls of urine present and inserts a straight catheter to empty the bladder. The actions by the nurse demonstrated which of the following? process rights autonomy procedural injustice malpractice
A nurse is caring for an 80-year-old patient who was admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of dehydration. The patient stated he had been vomiting for 2 days and had been unable to take food or fluids. He has been healthy and currently takes only a diuretic for his blood pressure. On physical examination, the nurse notes that the patient's skin is dry with decreased turgor, oral mucous membranes are dry, heart rate is 100, and blood pressure is...
Question 19 of 25 The nurse in the postoperative ward has two tasks at hand. A urine sample has to be dispatched, and a patient needs to ambulate down the hallway. Meanwhile another patient experiences a sudden drop in blood pressure associated with altered consciousness. Which nursing action is appropriate? O Providing care to the patient who is experiencing falling blood pressure O Seeking help from the assistive personnel to dispatch the urine sample O Delegating the task of urine...
The provider orders to maintain urine output ≥ 1 cc/kg/hr. The patient weighs 20 kg and over the past 6 hours, the total urine output was 100 ml. Did the patient maintain the required urine output?
Evelyn Bean is 52 years of age and is a female patient who is admitted to the same day surgery unit for an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The patient presents with jaundice of the skin and sclera. The patient's urine is dark and the patient stated that she has clay-colored stools. She stated she has occasional colicky pain in her right upper quadrant of her abdomen radiating to her back. The patient had preadmission testing one week ago and the results...
The nurse had another patient who also had frequent alarms, but his corresponded to actual medical events. As a result, the nurse was spending a great deal of time with this elderly gentleman and his wife. Each time she walked by Laura’s bed, the nurse noted that Laura was sleeping. She realized that it had been 2 hours since she turned off the alarm and called the biomedical technician, so she decided to check on Laura; however, her other patient’s...