Nephrotic Syndrome Nursing NCLEX Lecture on Pathophysiology, Treatment in Children (Pediatric)

Nephrotic syndrome nursing lecture on signs and symptoms, pathophysiology, and nursing interventions for preparation of NCLEX exam. Nephrotic syndrome is a set of symptoms experienced by a patient with damage to the filtering structure (glomerulus) of the kidneys, which causes a massive amount of proteins to be leaked into the urine. Why is nephrotic syndrome happening? There is damage to the glomerulus of the nephron, which allows a massive amounts of proteins to leak into the urine (more than 3 grams pe