To relieve hydronephrosis, the patient has undergone a right nephrostomy. The nursing responsibility in this condition is:
a. keeping the patient positioned on the un-affected side.
b. irrigating the nephrostomy tube.
c. assessing urinary output from the left kidney.
d. keeping the nephrostomy tube clamped.
C
The left kidney will take on increased renal metabolism and must be assessed constantly. The nephrostomy tube is never clamped, and the patient is usually placed on the affected side so as not to impair the functioning kidney.
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