Question

The nurse is providing supportive care to a client receiving hemodialysis in the management of acute renal failure. which statement from the nurse best reflects the ability of the kidneys to recover from acute renal failure?
a) the kidneys can improve over a period of months.
b) once on dialysis, the need will be permanent.
c) kidney function will improve with transplant.
d) acute renal failure tends to turn to end-stage failure.

Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer is option A

THE KIDNEYS CAN IMPROVE OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS.

Explanation: Acute renal failure is a condition in which the kidneys capacity to excrete nitrogenous waste and maintain fluid and electrolyte balance (homeostasis) is impaired over a couple of hours to days or even weeks.

Haemodialysis is initiated in couple of cases of acute renal failure which involves removal of blood form the body and filtering it through a man made membrane known as a dialyzer or an artificial kidney, then the filtered blood is returned back to the body.this is done inorder to help the body get rid of nitrogenous waste and avoid the build-up of toxins in the blood before the kidney is able to recover it's normal homeostatic role.

Answer 2

Answer:

a) the kidneys can improve over a period of months.

Explanation:

Acute renal failure is the situation where the kidneys fails or stop working.

In this situation the kidneys are unable to filter waste products such as salts and fluids in the body. And when this happens it leads to and accumulation of waste products in the blood and body which can be very dangerous to the human life.

Symptoms of acute renal failure include tiredness, swelling or accumulation of fluids in the body, nausea, vomiting, lack of appetite, bloody stools e.t.c.

Hemodialysis is a process that can be used to treat acute renal failure. A machine called a dialyzer is used which help to filter out fluids, salts and other waste products from the blood.

In Acute renal failure, it is possible for the kidneys to recover and improve over a period of months.