The nurse assesses a major sign of renal changes related to age, which is:
1. hematuria.
2. nocturia.
3. urgency incontinence.
4. renal calculi.
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Urgency incontinence is related to several age-related changes in the urinary musculature. Renal calculi and hematuria are pathological symptoms and are not age-related. Nocturia is not specifically related to aging.
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