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Lillie Pennington
on Oct 20, 2024
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The surgeon orders hourly urine output measurement for a patient after abdominal surgery.The patient's urine output has been greater than 60 mL/hour for the past 2 hours.Suddenly,the patient's urine output drops to almost nothing.What should the nurse do first?
A) Irrigate the catheter with 30 mL of sterile solution.
B) Replace the patient's indwelling urinary catheter.
C) Infuse 500 mL of normal saline solution IV over 1 hour.
D) Notify the surgeon immediately.
Hourly Urine Output
The volume of urine produced and expelled by the kidneys and bladder over the span of an hour, an important indicator of kidney health and fluid balance.
Catheter With Sterile Solution
A medical device, often a tube, used to deliver or remove fluids from the body, which is used with a sterile solution to prevent infection.
- Absorb the core nursing approaches for the determination and examination of urine volume.
- Determine suitable reactions to unusual urine production in patients after surgery.
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Learning Objectives
- Absorb the core nursing approaches for the determination and examination of urine volume.
- Determine suitable reactions to unusual urine production in patients after surgery.
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