ATI MED SURG STUDY GUIDE
Verified Study Guide 2021
Urinary System: ch. Chapters 65-66
-UTI- assessment findings, nursing interventions/treatment, prevention, urinalysis results/lab
results. Cystitis vs pyelonephritis.
● UTI: infection occurring in any area of the urinary tract and kidney. Bacteria (sometimes
fungi) move up urinary tract from external urethra to bladder to cause infectious cystitis.
Less commonly spreads through blood and lymph. Invading bacteria with special
adhesions are more likely to cause ascending UTIs that start in urethra/bladder and
move to ureters/kidneys