Exam 6: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acidbase Imbalance

A nurse has two newly admitted patients with dehydration.One patient is dehydrated from heat exhaustion, and the other is dehydrated from an overdose of Lasix.What finding should be present in both patients?

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Question 21

Both the intracellular and extracellular fluids are made up of many different electrolytes.What is the most abundant intracellular positively charged electrolyte?

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Question 22

When the water absorption in the renal tubules becomes greater than normal, what assessment finding should a nurse anticipate?

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Question 23

A nurse should anticipate in a patient with respiratory acidosis that the blood pH reading would be lower than ______.

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Question 24

What should a nurse instruct a patient with a K⁺ level of 6.2 to avoid? (Select all that apply.)

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Question 25

A patient's intravenous (IV)injection has been infusing at a very high rate.What assessment indicates fluid volume overload in this patient?

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Question 26

Older adults are at risk for dehydration because of reduced thirst and aging kidneys.What should the nurse assess as an early indicator of dehydration?

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Question 27

A nurse clarifies that electrolytes, such as sodium and potassium (K⁺), break down into smaller particles when dissolved.What are these smaller particles?

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Question 28

A nurse assists a patient with dyspnea to sit in a high Fowler position.What process allows gravity to help move oxygen from the pulmonary capillaries into the blood when the patient is in this position?

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Question 29

What process involves blood being brought by the incoming capillaries into the kidney, which contains nitrogenous substances to be excreted as waste?

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Exam 6: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acidbase Imbalance

A nurse has two newly admitted patients with dehydration.One patient is dehydrated from heat exhaustion, and the other is dehydrated from an overdose of Lasix.What finding should be present in both patients?

Both the intracellular and extracellular fluids are made up of many different electrolytes.What is the most abundant intracellular positively charged electrolyte?

When the water absorption in the renal tubules becomes greater than normal, what assessment finding should a nurse anticipate?

A nurse should anticipate in a patient with respiratory acidosis that the blood pH reading would be lower than ______.

What should a nurse instruct a patient with a K+ level of 6.2 to avoid? (Select all that apply.)

A patient's intravenous (IV)injection has been infusing at a very high rate.What assessment indicates fluid volume overload in this patient?

Older adults are at risk for dehydration because of reduced thirst and aging kidneys.What should the nurse assess as an early indicator of dehydration?

A nurse clarifies that electrolytes, such as sodium and potassium (K+), break down into smaller particles when dissolved.What are these smaller particles?

A nurse assists a patient with dyspnea to sit in a high Fowler position.What process allows gravity to help move oxygen from the pulmonary capillaries into the blood when the patient is in this position?

What process involves blood being brought by the incoming capillaries into the kidney, which contains nitrogenous substances to be excreted as waste?

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What should a nurse instruct a patient with a K⁺ level of 6.2 to avoid? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse clarifies that electrolytes, such as sodium and potassium (K⁺), break down into smaller particles when dissolved.What are these smaller particles?