What Laboratory Value Change Should Indicate to a Nurse That

question 2

Multiple Choice

What laboratory value change should indicate to a nurse that a patient with renal failure has entered the oliguric stage?

• A) Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)level rises.
• B) Serum calcium increases.
• C) Blood volume decreases.
• D) Urine osmolality increases.

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Definitions:

Compounded Semiannually

Interest calculated twice per year, with the first period's interest being added to the principal before the second period's interest is calculated.

Strip Bond

A financial instrument obtained by separating the coupons from the principal of a bond, which then sells each part as a zero-coupon bond.

Semi-Annually Compounded

Pertaining to the interest calculation method where the interest is compounded and added to the principal amount twice a year.

Compounded Annually

The process of earning interest on both the initial principal and the accumulated interest from previous periods on an annual basis.