A client's current drug regimen includes intranasal administration of desmopressin acetate. In this client's plan of nursing care, what is the most likely desired outcome of treatment?

The correct answer is A)

The patient's urine output will not exceed 80 mL/h.

Explanation:

The urine is manufactured in the nephrons, a process in which three stages are distinguished:

1st. Filtration. It occurs in the glomerulus (network of capillaries of the afferent arteriole), passing water and small molecules dissolved in the blood to the nephron capsule.

2nd. Reabsorption. Useful molecules for the body are reabsorbed and passed back into the blood. It occurs throughout the renal tubule.

3rd. Secretion. It consists of the passage of some ions from the capillaries into the tubule (in the distal area).