• NURSING CARE STUDY OF A PATIENT WITH NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Healthy kidneys maintain fluid and electrolyte homoeostasis by adjusting urine volume and composition according to physiological needs. The final urine composition is determined in the last tubular segment: the collecting duct. Water permeability in the collecting duct is regulated by arginine vasopressin (AVP). Secretion of AVP from the neurohypophysis is regulated by a complex signalling network that involves osmosensors, barosensors and volume sensors. AVP facilitates aquaporin (AQP)-mediated water reabsorption via activation of the vasopressin V2 receptor (AVPR2) in the collecting duct, th ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT1.0 Introduction Assessment is the first phase of the nursing process. Assessment involves the gathering of information about the health status of the patient, analysis and synthesis of the data, and the making of a clinical judgment (Weller, 2014). According to Stonehouse (2017), information gathered can be either subjective or objective and primary or secondary. Subjective is information that the patient tells the nurse about how he or she is feeling, the levels and sensation of pain perceived. Objective information is that which can be measured, such as blood pressure ... Continue Reading