50. A nurse working on a telemetry unit is caring for a clie…

50. A nurse working on a telemetry unit is caring for a client with acute kidney injury due to administration of a nephrotoxic medication. The client’s labs BUN: 67 mg/dL, Creatinine: 2.9 mg/dL, Na: 140 mEq/L Cl: 109 mmol/L K: 8.0  mEq/L PO4: 2.7 mg/dL Mg: 2.1 mg/dL. The client’s output of the last 4 hours has been: 110 mL.  On telemetry the client is presenting in the rhythm below. The priority nursing action is to administer the prescribed

74. A licensed practical nurse (LPN) is caring for a client…

74. A licensed practical nurse (LPN) is caring for a client diagnosed with acute renal failure.  The LPN reports to the registered nurse (RN), that the urine output is 1560 mL for the past 8 hours.  The LPN, asks how a patient with renal failure can have such a large urine output. The best response by the nurse is