Kidney Stones Nursing Assessment. Some are smooth and some are jagged. Ureteroscopy for ureteric stones less than 20 mm.
Assess for pain and discomfort including severity location and radiation of pain. They originate in your kidneys but can be found at any point in your urinary tract. Alternative for those who are poor risks for other therapies refuse other methods or have easily dissolved stones struvite.
The severity and loca tion of pain are determined along with any radiation of the pain.
Although renal calculi can form anywhere in the urinary tract they are most commonly found in the renal pelvis and. Calcium is one substance that makes up the most common type of kidney stones. Kidney stones can be as small as a grain of sand or as big as a pearl. To find out why the committee made the recommendation on stenting after ureteroscopy and how it might affect practice see rationale and impact.