ATI LPN
ATI LPN Med Surg Exam 6 Questions
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A nurse is caring for a client who reports to the clinic for laboratory tests. The client has an acute injury caused by acute tubular necrosis and asks why their glomerular filtration rate keeps decreasing. Which of the following pathophysiological changes occurring in the kidney should the nurse explain as the cause of decrease?
Correct Answer: Injury to renal tubular cells in acute tubular necrosis impairs their function, reducing the kidney's ability to filter blood, thus decreasing the glomerular filtration rate.
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