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The nurse, completing discharge teaching for a patient diagnosed with pyelonephritis, is asked “What is pyelonephritis?” The nurse’s best response would be which of the following?
1. “Pyelonephritis is an infection of the kidney.”
2. “It is an inflammation of the bladder.”
3. “Pyelonephritis is an infection of the lower urinary tract.”
4. “It is a blockage in the tube from your kidney to your bladder.”
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11 years ago
1 -- Pyelonephritis is an infection of the renal pelvis and parenchyma, the functional unit of the kidney. Pyelonephritis is not an inflammation of the bladder; it does not occur in the lower urinary tract or ureter.
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