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A charge nurse overhears a newly licensed nurse providing instructions to a female patient on the proper steps to collect a midstream urine specimen. Which of the following statements made by the newly licensed nurse requires the charge nurse to intervene? 

Bethanechol chloride (Urecholine) is used for the treatment of which disorder? 

Which condition warrants the use of acetazolamide (Diamox) as a diuretic? 

A patient is scheduled to have a cystometography performed.  Which statement by the patient indicates an understanding of the planned test? 

The earliest signs of renal impairment include: 

A 25-year-old man comes to the college clinic with a fever of 101*F and pain in the flank radiating into the thigh and genitals.  He complains of nausea.  The nurse recognizes these complaints as being indicative of: 

The nurse is caring for a patient who recently had abdominal surgery.  When evaluating the patient’s output, the nurse correctly recognizes that urinary output less than _________ mL/hr is considered inadequate. 

A 24-year-old female is prescribe Levaquin for a skin staph infection she received from a cut while out with her boyfriend. After describing what the medication is for and proper administration, the nurse’s next priority assessment should be:

A nurse gets a positive Chvostek’s sign on a young women with bulimia who has been giving herself frequent enemas containing phosphate.  The nurse anticipates a laboratory finding of __________ mEq/L.

What would the nurse anticipate if a patient with a history of type 2 diabetes is prescribed a thiazide diuretic?