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A client with hypertension on antihypertensive medications has a nursing diagnosis of ineffective health maintenance due to nonadherence to the therapeutic regimen. When developing the plan of care, what informatin is imperative for the nurse to collect before developing a desired outcome for this client?     

A client is 1 day postoperative following a kidney transplantation from a living donor. The nurse’s most recent assessment finds the client is producing copious quantities of dilute urine. The most appropriate action is to do which of the following?  

A nurse is providing health education workshop to a group of adults focusing on prevention of renal carcinoma. The nurse should emphasize what action to reduce the participants’ renal carcinoma risks?  

A nurse is caring for client with hypertension being treated with hydrochlorothiazide. The client has no other comorbidities. The provider adds diltiazem hydrochloride to the client’s medication regimen. When planning care for the client, what is the goal for the client’s blood pressure?  

A licensed practical nurse (LPN) is caring for a client diagnosed with an acute kidney injury. 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 client with renal failure can have such a large urine output. The best response by the nurse is which of the following?  

A client is prescribed enalapril 10mg PO daily? Available is enalapril 5mg tablets. How many tablet(s) would the nurse administer?

A nurse working on a medical unit delegates which of the following tasks to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) for the nurse’s client assignment?  

A nurse is caring for a client who is admitted with end stage renal disease, which would the nurse include in the plan of care?  

A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client diagnosed with chronic renal failure. The client has been prescribed sevelamer hydrochloride 800 mg po TID.  Which of the following statements indicates a need for further education?  

What is the most life-threatening electrolyte imbalance associated with kidney disease or injury?