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The Nurse Is Caring for a Client with a History

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The nurse is caring for a client with a history of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) with acute urinary retention and an elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine. Which of the following prescribed therapies should the nurse implement first?


Definitions:

Aquifer

An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures, or unconsolidated materials through which groundwater can move.

Sediments

Particles of soil, sand, or small pieces of rock deposited by water, wind, or ice.

Cone of Depression

A cone-shaped lowering of the water table around a pumping well, due to the removal of groundwater faster than it can be replenished.

Overpumped

A term usually related to groundwater resources, indicating a condition where water is removed from an aquifer at a rate faster than it can be replenished.

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