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A new client on hemodialysis is watching their blood being filtered through a dialyzer. The client asks the nurse how much blood typically passes through the kidney every minute? The nurse responds:

A client with end-stage kidney disease has developed anemia. The reason anemia has developed is:

During a family picnic, a relative of a nurse asks what they should do if there is blood in their urine and some pain in their lower abdomen. What is the BEST advice the nurse could give to this family member?

When caring for the client with proteinuria, the nurse recognizes that dysfunction in which structure of the kidney allows protein to leak into the urine?

Acute kidney injury occurs at a high rate in client who are critically ill and in the intensive care unit. What is the MOST common indicator of acute kidney injury?

A 24-year-old college student has presented to the campus medical clinic with reports of frequent burning urination and, subsequent to urinalysis, has been diagnosed with an acute lower urinary tract infection (UTI) caused by Escherichia coli. What teaching will the clinician provide to the student?

In the intensive care unit (ICU), the nurse is caring for a trauma client who has abdominal injuries, is beginning to have a decrease in BP and increased pulse rate, and is pale with diaphoretic skin. The nurse is assessing the client for hemorrhagic shock. If the client is in shock, the nurse would expect to find:

The health care provider has prescribed an aminoglycoside (gentamicin) for a client. Which complication is the client is at risk for?

A client asks the nurse what may have caused the elevation in urinary protein levels (proteinuria) on a urine test. The BEST response by the nurse would be:

A client has recently been diagnosed with renal calculi and asks the nurse, “What should I be eating to prevent stone formation?” What response to the client’s statement is appropriate?