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Title: When a nurse is checking a urinalysis, the finding that would alert the nurse to cellular injury is ...
Post by: GermanBiter14 on Feb 12, 2018
When a nurse is checking a urinalysis, the finding that would alert the nurse to cellular injury is the presence of:
 
  a. slight glucose.
  b. excessive protein.
  c. blood.
  d. urea.


Title: When a nurse is checking a urinalysis, the finding that would alert the nurse to cellular injury is ...
Post by: alex123 on Feb 12, 2018
ANS: B
The presence of protein in the urine in significant amounts indicates cellular injury and altered cellular function. Neither glucose nor blood is normally present in the urine, but its presence is not indicative of altered cellular function. Urea is an expected substance in the kidney.