Renal calculi

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Renal calculi

 

Chapter 41

A patient is admitted with renal calculi.

a.            What symptoms will the patient manifest if he is experiencing renal colic?

b.            How will the nurse best manage the renal colic?

c.             The nurse is straining the urine for presence of stones that the patient may have passed. What is the importance of this nursing action?