The nurse is preparing to administer antibiotics to a client with pyelonephritis. The nurse understands that the implementation of this order was based on the results of the client's:
1. Urine culture.
2. Urinalysis.
3. X-ray films of the kidneys.
4. Intravenous pyleogram.
Urine culture.
Rationale: The urine culture would identify the organism causing the infection of the kidney. A urinalysis does not identify the type of bacteria present in the kidney. X-ray films of the kidney would not identify the type of organism causing the infection of the kidney. An intravenous pyleogram involves the injection of a dye into the bloodstream, which concentrates in the urinary tract to better visualize the structures of the urinary tract.
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