While Planning Care for a Patient with Renal Calculi, the Nurse

question 23

Multiple Choice

While planning care for a patient with renal calculi, the nurse remembers the most important factor in renal calculus formation is:

• A) urine pH.
• B) body temperature.
• C) gender.
• D) serum mineral concentrations.

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Embryo

An early stage of development in multicellular organisms following fertilization and before fetal stage, showing initial formation of organs and structures.

Cotyledon(s)

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Tissue Culture

Tissue culture is a technique of growing tissues or cells in an artificial medium outside their original body for the purposes of research or medical treatment.

Meristem

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