A Nurse Is Caring for Four Clients with Renal Calculi

question 72

Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for four clients with renal calculi. Of these clients, which one should the nurse identify as having the highest likelihood of requiring surgery to remove the calculi?

• A)A 7-year-old with calcium phosphate stones of the bladder
• B)A 78-year-old client with struvite stones of the kidney
• C)A 31-year-old expectant mother with calcium oxalate stones of the kidney
• D)A 46-year-old with uric acid stones of the bladder