This discussion assignment provides a forum for you to reflect on the past week’s experiences in this course. Reflection is a hallmark of professional practice. The process of reflection promotes professional growth and development. Active and thoughtful reflection is a useful approach for processing new information and integrating into your professional role.
Week topics
Differentiate the following: renal alterations that alter urinary elimination, and renal alterations that result in impaired renal function and describe the correlation of systemic disorders such as hypertension and diabetes with kidney disease development.  
Explain how various urinary disorders cause and/or worsen chronic kidney disease and failure and summarize how various disorders cause impaired urinary elimination and renal function.  

Explain the clinical consequences of impaired urinary elimination and renal function.  
Apply understanding of urinary system alterations in describing various common disorders such as urinary incontinence, infections, tumors, malignancy, glomerular disorders, and kidney disease.  
Discuss fluid and electrolyte movement and regulation and acid–base regulation and compensatory mechanisms.  
Analyze arterial blood gases, determine cause and effect of fluid, electrolyte, and acid–base imbalances, and summarize the interrelationship of electrolytes and components in fluids.