Exam 42: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance

A nurse is monitoring patients for fluid and electrolyte and acid-base imbalances. Match the body's regulators to the function it provides. -Aldosterone

While the nurse is taking a patient history, the nurse discovers the patient has a type of diabetes that results from a head injury and does not require insulin. Which dietary change should the nurse share with the patient?

A nurse is assessing a patient. Which assessment finding should cause a nurse to further assess for extracellular fluid volume deficit?

A nurse is monitoring patients for fluid and electrolyte and acid-base imbalances. Match the body's regulators to the function it provides. -Bicarbonate

The nurse is caring for a group of patients. Which patient will the nurse see first?

The nurse is assessing a patient and finds crackles in the lung bases and neck vein distention. Which action will the nurse take first?

The nurse is calculating intake and output on a patient. The patient drinks 150 mL of orange juice at breakfast, voids 125 mL after breakfast, vomits 250 mL of greenish fluid, sucks on 60 mL of ice chips, and for lunch consumes 75 mL of chicken broth. Which totals for intake and output will the nurse document in the patient's medical record?

A nurse is caring for a patient whose ECG presents with changes characteristic of hypokalemia. Which assessment finding will the nurse expect?

A patient has an acute intravascular hemolytic reaction to a blood transfusion. After discontinuing the blood transfusion, which is the nurse's next action?

A nurse is assisting the health care provider in inserting a central line. Which action indicates the nurse is following the recommended bundle protocol to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)?

A chemotherapy patient has gained 5 pounds in 2 days. Which assessment question by the nurse is most appropriate?