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The nurse is caring for an infant 2 days post-operative surgery and stent placement for hypospadias.  The nurse notes blood-tinged urine draining from the stent.  Which action should the nurse take?  

A client has a heminephrectomy and returns from the post-anesthesia care unit with a nephrostomy tube and an indwelling urinary catheter. The client’s urinary output is 50 mL/hr. What is the nurse’s next action?

A client is given a prescription for azithromycin.  The client is sure the pharmacy has made an error because the directions say to only take the medication for 5 days. The most appropriate response by the nurse would include:

The nurse is caring for a client that has returned from having an intravenous pyelogram with an order to drink extra fluids. The client questions the purpose of this order since they “Really are not thirsty.” The nurse responds that drinking extra fluids will:

Three weeks after being treated for strep throat, a client comes into the clinic with signs of acute glomerulonephritis.  Which manifestation will the nurse most likely find upon assessment of this client? 

A client requires behavioral therapies to decrease or eliminate urinary incontinence. Which procedures would the nurse expect to include in the teaching plan for this client? Select all that apply.

The nurse is evaluating the client who is on a protein restricted diet. Which finding would indicate to the nurse that the diet is therapeutic?  

The nurse explains to a client with chronic renal failure why he is placed on a low-protein diet. The best response by the nurse is:

A pen register is used to:

One of the reasons that a drug dog sniff of luggage is not a Fourth Amendment search is because the dog does not intrude upon protected areas where one might have an expectation of privacy.