The nurse who notes documentation of Grey Turner's sign in a client who experienced renal trauma would interpret this to be a manifestation of
a. increased blood urea nitrogen.
b. proteinuria.
c. retroperitoneal hemorrhage.
d. urine specific gravity of 1.20.
C
The nurse may see bruises over the renal trauma client's flank and lower back secondary to re-troperitoneal hemorrhage, a development called Turner's sign or Grey Turner's sign. The other manifestations are not seen at all (d) or would not be seen in the acute phase, but might be seen later as kidney damage is a possible long-term sequela of trauma.
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