NURS 3037 Nursing Care of the Adult I
Renal Assessment Worksheet
1. The kidneys help maintain health in many ways. Most important, they maintain body fluid
volume and composition and create urine for waste elimination _____. The kidneys also help
adjust blood pressure _____, blood volume _____, produce
erythropoietin _____ for red blood cell synthesis, and converts Vitamin D to an
active form.