The nurse is caring for a hospitalized patient with a decreased glomerular filtration rate who is scheduled for an intravenous pyelogram (IVP). Which action will be included in the plan of care?

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Patients with impaired renal function are at risk for decreased renal function after IVP because the contrast medium used is nephrotoxic,so the nurse should monitor the patient's urine output. MAC sedation and retention catheterization are not required for the procedure. The contrast medium is given IV,not orally.

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