Question: The nurse knows that which laboratory results would indicate acute kidney injury (AKI)?

Answer: CreatinineGFR

Question: The nurse is aware that which patient is at the highest risk for developing complications from acute kidney injury (AKI)?

Answer: Vomiting

Question: Which diagnosis would the nurse consider as a prerenal cause of acute kidney injury?

Answer: Septic Shock

Question: Which clinical manifestations might the nurse expect to find in a patient with acute kidney injury (AKI) during the oliguric phase?

Answer: FatigueJVDBounding pulses

Question: A nurse is caring for a patient with acute kidney injury (AKI) who currently has an average urinary output of 3 L/day. Which patient symptoms would alert the nurse to further complications during this phase?

Answer: ConfusionHypotensionArrhythmias

Question: A nurse is caring for a patient with acute kidney injury (AKI) whose lab results have indicated an increased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and lowered serum creatinine levels. The nurse knows that the patient is in which phase of acute kidney injury?

Answer: Recovery

Question: Order the pathophysiological process of postrenal acute kidney injury.

Answer: Bilateral Ureteral obstruction.Increase in hydrostatic pressure.Kidney dilation.Decline in kidney functionTubular atrophy

Question: The nurse can identify that which patients are at risk of developing AKI due to intrarenal causes?

Answer: AminoglycosidesMRI with contrastLupus

Question: The nurse knows that a patient with AKI who has been unable to produce urine for 12 hours would be in which stage of AKI?

Answer: Failure

Question: A nurse is caring for a patient with AKI that has had 250mL/day urine output for a number of months and BUN as well as creatinine levels have remained elevated. Which outcome would the nurse expect for this patient based on their symptoms?

Answer: Onset of chronic kidney disease

Question: A patient presents with low urine output and a history of low blood pressure. The nurse suspects that the patient's acute kidney injury (AKI) is due to which kind of cause?

Answer: Prerenal

Question: When the nurse began care for a patient with acute kidney injury (AKI), the nurse noted a patient urinary output of 3 L/day, but over the course of a few days this output lowered. The nurse suspects that the patient has begun the recovery phase of AKI if which manifestations are also present?

Answer: Decreased CreatinineIncreased GFRDecreased BUN