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Post Date: November 7, 2020
The nurse is caring for a client who has diabetes insipidus.
The nurse would describe this client’s urine output pattern as:
A . Anuria
B . Oliguria
C . Dysuria
D . Polyuria
Answer: D
Explanation:
(A) Anuriais defined as absence of urine output, which is not indicative of the urinary pattern of diabetes insipidus.
(B) Oliguriais defined as <500 mL of urine per day, which is not a urinary output pattern associated with diabetes insipidus.
(C) Dysuriais defined as difficult urination. Clients with diabetes insipidus do not have dysuria as a symptom of their disease.
(D) Polyuria is a primary symptom of diabetes insipidus. These clients have decreased or absent vasopressin secretion, which causes water loss in the urine and sodium increases.
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