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Urinary Health Quiz: Test Your Knowledge
Welcome to the Urinary Health Quiz! This quiz is designed to assess your understanding of important concepts related to urinary health medications, side effects, and patient care post-kidney transplant. Each question focuses on essential nursing responsibilities and pharmacology that can help improve patient outcomes.
Test your knowledge with 5 carefully crafted questions that cover topics such as:
- Tacrolimus and kidney transplant care
- Identifying adverse effects of common medications
- Understanding urine changes due to medications
- Recognizing therapeutic effects of treatments like epoetin alfa
- Correct administration techniques for IV antibiotics
Tacrolimus is prescribed for a client who underwent a kidney transplant. Which instruction should the nurse include when teaching the client about this medication?
Eat at frequent intervals to avoid hypoglycemia
Take the medication with a full glass of grapefruit juice
Change positions carefully due to risk of orthostatic hypotension
Take the oral medication every 12 hours at the same time every day
The nurse is reviewing the laboratory results for a client receiving tacrolimus. Which laboratory result would indicate to the nurse that the client is experiencing an adverse effect of the medication?
Potassium level of 3.8
Platelet count of 300,000
Fasting blood glucose of 200
WBC count of 6000
The nurse receives a call from a client concerned about eliminating brown-colored urine after taking nitrofurantoin for a urinary tract infection. The nurse should make which appropriate response?
Continue taking the medication; the brown urine occurs and is not harmful”
Take magnesium hydroxide with your medication to lighten urine color”
Discontinue taking the medication and make an appointment for a urine culture”
Decrease your medication to half the dose, because your urine is too concentrated”
A client with chronic kidney disease is receiving epoetin alfa. Which laboratory result would indicate a therapeutic effect of the medication?
Hematocrit of 33%
Platelets of 400,000
WBC 6000
Bun of 15
A client with a UTI is receiving ciprofloxacin by IV route. The nurse appropriately administers the medication by performing which action?
Infusing slowly over 60 minutes
Infusing in a light protective bag
Infusing only through a central line
Infusing rapidly as a direct IV push medication
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