The nurse is performing an assessment of body systems and realizes that this particular change is an age-related change affecting the renal or urinary system:
A) Increased ability to concentrate urine
B) Increased bladder capacity
C) Urinary incontinence
D) Decreased glomerular filtration rate
Ans: D
Feedback: Many age-related changes in the renal and urinary systems should be taken into consideration when taking a health history of the older adult. One change includes a decreased glomerular surface area resulting in a decreased glomerular filtration rate. Other changes include the decreased ability to concentrate urine and a decreased bladder capacity. It also should be understood that urinary incontinence is not a normal age-related change, but it is common in older adults, especially in women because of the loss of pelvic muscle tone.
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