The office nurse is providing information to a client who has experienced recurrent renal calculi. Which of the following jobs would place a client at greatest risk for calculi formation?
A) Over-the-road truck driver
B) Mining engineer
C) Nursing instructor
D) Rumba instructor
A
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Calculi formation is often associated with immobility and/or stasis of urine. Working as an OTR truck driver requires prolonged sitting. Mining engineer, nursing instructors, and rumba dance instructors are less immobile.
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