A nurse in a primary care physician's office receives a call from a client whose urine is dark in color
The nurse asks some questions about symptoms related to urinary tract infections and decides that the client might have hematuria, which can best be described as: a. the urge to urinate frequently c. a weak urinary stream
b. blood in the urine d. anemia
B
Hematuria is defined as blood in the urine. Dysuria is a weak urinary stream, and frequency is the urge to void more often than usual. Anemia is a condition in where the blood has a lower than normal number of red blood cells.
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