The nurse at the diabetes clinic is instructing a client who is struggling with compliance to the diabetic diet. When discussing disease progression, which manifestation of the disease process on the urinary system is most notable?
A) Clients have frequent urinary tract infections.
B) Clients develop a neurogenic bladder.
C) Clients have urinary frequency.
D) Clients have chronic renal failure.
D
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Although all of the options may occur in the client with diabetes mellitus, the option which is most notable, and potentially life threatening, is chronic renal failure.
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People of Canadian Indian descent prefer to be identified as
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