true or false Nursing interpretation of fluid and electrolyte changes in the old
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Nursing interpretation of fluid and electrolyte changes in the older adult is based on the knowledge that muscle mass decrease with age results in a lower concentration of body fluid.
A nurse should assess a patient with hypervolemia for indicators of hypotension, bradypnea, and oliguria.
When monitoring a patient’s potassium level, the nurse is aware that tall, tented, “T” waves on an ECG are indicative of hyperkalemia.
The cardinal feature of metabolic acidosis is a decrease in the serum bicarbonate level.
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The major electrolytes in the extracellular fluid are ____________ and chloride.
A nurse, who is caring for a patient with a serum sodium level of 140 mEq/L, can estimate at the bedside that the patient would have a serum ____________ of 280 mOsm/Kg.
When monitoring daily body weights to assess fluid volume deficit, the nurse understands that a loss of 1 pound (0.5 kg) represents a fluid loss of approximately _________mL.
Hyperventilation, with a resulting decrease in PaCo2, is an expected compensatory reaction to the acid–base disorder of ____________acidosis.
Systemic complications of intravenous solutions include circulatory overload, _______ embolism, febrile reaction, and infection.
Nursing interpretation of fluid and electrolyte changes in the older adult is based on the knowledge that muscle mass decrease with age results in a lower concentration of body fluid.
A nurse should assess a patient with hypervolemia for indicators of hypotension, bradypnea, and oliguria.
When monitoring a patient’s potassium level, the nurse is aware that tall, tented, “T” waves on an ECG are indicative of hyperkalemia.
The cardinal feature of metabolic acidosis is a decrease in the serum bicarbonate level.
Fill-in-the-Blank
The major electrolytes in the extracellular fluid are ____________ and chloride.
A nurse, who is caring for a patient with a serum sodium level of 140 mEq/L, can estimate at the bedside that the patient would have a serum ____________ of 280 mOsm/Kg.
When monitoring daily body weights to assess fluid volume deficit, the nurse understands that a loss of 1 pound (0.5 kg) represents a fluid loss of approximately _________mL.
Hyperventilation, with a resulting decrease in PaCo2, is an expected compensatory reaction to the acid–base disorder of ____________acidosis.
Systemic complications of intravenous solutions include circulatory overload, _______ embolism, febrile reaction, and infection.
Explanation / Answer
1. Sodium
2. Osmolality
3. 500
4. Respiratory
5. Air embolism - Usually while intravenous drips are administered , there are chances of entering air into the system (may be due to loosly fitted caps, kink in the tube) which may cause problem in heart circulation. This is called Air embolism. Furthermore, CPR , postioning the patient into left lateral side is important.
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