Nursing Interventions For Kidney Stones. Pathophysiology renal calculi commonly known as kidney stones are crystallized minerals typically calcium or uric acid in your urine that stick together and form stones. Encourage patient to drink enough to excrete 3 000 to 4 000 ml of urine every 24 hours.
The process of stone formation is called urolithiasis renal lithiasis or nephrolithiasis. This is most common stone forming compound and high concentration of oxalate in the urine is accountable for almost 60 percent of calcium stones food that are high in dietary oxalates are beer beets spinach swiss chard rhubarb soy products and excessive quantities of nuts. However uric acid struvite and cystine are also calculus formers.
There is more than one treatment for kidney stones.
Because the risk of recurring renal stones is high the nurse pro vides education about the causes of kidney stones and ways to prevent their recurrence chart 45 12. Encourage patient to drink enough to excrete 3 000 to 4 000 ml of urine every 24 hours. Materials that make up kidney stones. Glucose can reduce the blood flow to the kidneys causing improper filtration of waste.