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The nurse is providing discharge instructions for a client diagnosed with renal calculi composed of calcium oxalate.  Which nutritional list indicates that the client needs further teaching regarding dietary restrictions?  

A patient returns to the clinic with recurrent dysuria after being treated with trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole for 3 days. The health care provider orders a urine culture and the specimen is obtained. The health care provider discontinues the trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole and orders nitrofurantoin. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in teaching regarding this medication?  

The nurse is planning care for a client with acute glomerulonephritis. Which actions should the nurse plan for the client? (Select all that apply)

The nurse is caring for a client who underwent a nephrectomy due to renal cancer.  What is the priority nursing action that the nurse should take for a client complaining of abdominal distension, pain and nausea?  

A 25-year-old Caucasian female was recently diagnosed with an uncomplicated UTI after intercourse with her boyfriend. She has been complaining of dysuria. Which medications are most likely to be prescribed? 

 A client receiving hemodialysis treatments arrives at the hospital with a blood pressure of 200/100 mm Hg, a heart rate of 110 beats/minute, and a respiratory rate of 36 breaths/minute. Oxygen saturation on room air is 89%. He complains of shortness of breath, and plus 2 pedal edema is noted. His last hemodialysis treatment was yesterday. Which intervention should be done first?

A client has a history of chronic renal failure and receives hemodialysis treatments three times a week through an arteriovenous (AV) fistula in the left arm. What is the most important intervention for the nurse to provide?

A client is admitted to the hospital with severe renal colic and “kidney stone dance”.  What nursing action is first priority for this client?  

A licensed practical nurse (LPN) is caring for a client with stage 2 chronic kidney disease. Which observation by the RN requires an intervention?

Sodium polystyrene sulfonate is ordered for a patient with hyperkalemia. Before administering the medication, the nurse should assess which of the following?