During Urologic Surgery Large Quantities of Irrigating Fluids Are Infused

question 15

Multiple Choice

During urologic surgery large quantities of irrigating fluids are infused intraoperatively.An appropriate nursing intervention would include:

• A) monitoring and recording the volume of IV and irrigating fluids instilled.
• B) maintaining a closed urinary drainage system.
• C) providing the patient with information on preventing recurrent urinary tract infections.
• D) monitoring blood loss and volume replacement.

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Definitions:

Perceptual Constancy

The brain's ability to recognize that an object's characteristics remain the same despite changes in the sensory input, such as distance or lighting.

Retinal Image

The image of an object that is projected on the retina. Its size increases with the size of that object and decreases with the object’s distance from the eye.

Size Constancy

The perceptual phenomenon where the size of an object is perceived to remain constant despite variations in the distance or size of the image it projects on the retina.

Binding Problem

The problem confronted by the brain of recombining the elements of a stimulus, given the fact that these elements are initially analyzed separately by different neural systems.