The nurse is teaching a patient who has a diagnosis of a kidney stone in the left ureter. The nurse knows the patient understands the instruction when the patient makes which statement?
1. "My kidney stone is in the tube that empties my bladder.".
2. "The stone in my kidney is causing my pain.".
3. "If my kidney stone keeps moving down the ureter, it will eventually move into my bladder.".
4. "The kidney contracts and pushes the stone down my ureter.".
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Rationale 1: The patient's statement identifies the urethra, not the ureter.
Rationale 2: The stone is not in the patient's kidney.
Rationale 3: The ureter connects to the bladder, so if the stone continues to move, it will eventually fall into the bladder.
Rationale 4: The ureter itself is muscular and produces peristaltic waves that propel the stone along its length. The kidney does not contract.
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