A client with diabetes has a serum creatinine of 1.9 mg/dL.The nurse correlates which urinalysis finding with this client?

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Urine should not contain protein.The presence of proteinuria in a diabetic client marks the beginning of kidney problems known as diabetic nephropathy,which progresses eventually to end-stage kidney disease.Decline in kidney function is assessed with serum creatinine.This client's creatinine level is high.The other findings would not be correlated with declining kidney function.

A Client with Diabetes Has a Serum Creatinine of 1