Exam 22: Fluids and Electrolytes

The nurse concludes there is no need for further instruction about selecting foods high in potassium when the patient chooses:

What are the three buffer systems of the body? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse explains to a patient that the drug Lasix reduces edema by drawing water from the interstitial space into the intravascular space.This process is called:

When creating a nursing care plan for a patient with metabolic acidosis,the nurse should focus on:

Electrolytes are not measured by weight; their electrical activity is expressed in milliequivalents.The nurse clarifies that 1 milliequivalent of potassium has the same combining power as 1 milliequivalent of:

The lactating mother is counseled by the nurse to eat adequate amounts of meat and legumes to increase her level of:

The nurse weighs a patient at the same time of day with the same scale and same clothing as a simple and accurate method of determining:

As the nurse assesses the edematous cardiac patient,she is aware that the condition is a result of retained fluid and the patient is:

What percentage of an adult's body weight consists of water?

When reading the lab report of a patient with excessive diarrhea,the nurse notes that the pH is 7.10,and the PaCO₂ and the PaO₂ are normal.From this information alone,the nurse assesses the patient to be in:

When assessing a patient with respiratory alkalosis,the nurse expects to see:

Homeostasis of the hydrogen ion concentration in body fluids depends on the ratio of carbonic acid to bicarbonate in the extracellular fluid,which is:

What are the three types of passive transport? (Select all that apply.)

After assessing a calcium level of 6.2 mEq/L,the nurse modifies the care plan for the immobilized patient to include observation for possible:

If a patient began vomiting and continued to do so for several hours,the nurse is aware that this loss of stomach contents can result in:

A child has been having an asthma attack for the last 8 hours.Because of the child's inability to exhale effectively,the nurse assesses for respiratory __________.

The nurse instructs a patient that his inhaled oxygen moved into the intravascular compartment by a process called:

The nurse explains that a normal adult will lose approximately _____ mL of water through respiration in the course of a day.

The nurse closely assesses a patient with hypokalemia for:

The nurse must keep an accurate intake and output record to assess kidney efficiency.In order for the kidneys to remove waste,they must produce an hourly urine output of at least: