Question

The nurse is conducting a postoperative assessment of a client on the first day after renal surgery. the nurse should report which finding to the health care provider (hcp)?

Answer 1

The correct answer is "urine output, 20 ml/hour".
The minimum urine output for a healthy individual is 30 ml/hour, therefore this measurement of urine output is lower than what is considered acceptable. Urine output is an important assessment which can help the monitoring of renal function. Since the patient is recovering from a renal surgery, a significant low urine output should be reported to the healthcare provider.
In a patient recovering from a surgery, a slight increase in temperature is expected. So is the absence of bowel sounds and a small amount of serous sanguineous drainage.