If a person is having trouble with his or her kidneys, they may need a renal biopsy. Also, a kidney transplant, having kidney disease or any other symptom or sign that there is a problem with someone’s kidneys, then a renal biopsy may need to be done. It may be scheduled and recommended by the doctor or nurse. If a renal biopsy is done, the nurse will take a small sample of the kidney tissue in order to analyze it in the lab.
They will look for problems or diseases that may be plaguing the kidneys. This will allow the nurse to know what is wrong with the patient’s kidneys. In most cases, the patient will be resting and lying on their back for several hours. They will not be moving.