Exam 14: Fluids and Electrolytes

A small child is hospitalized with severe metabolic acidosis after ingesting a whole bottle of baby aspirin approximately 8 hours earlier.The emphasis of the nursing care for this patient is reassuring the patient and:

Both the intracellular and extracellular fluids are made up of many different electrolytes,but the most abundant intracellular positively charged electrolyte is:

The patient's intravenous (IV)injection has been infusing at a very high rate,and now the patient appears to be in fluid volume overload,as indicated by:

The nurse explains that fluids carrying nutrients and wastes on a random basis throughout the body are carried primarily by:

The nurse assesses that the patient with congestive heart failure who is being treated with a diuretic has lost 4.4 pounds in 1 day.This weight loss is equivalent to the loss of ____________________ of fluid.

Because the patient is hypovolemic,the nurse anticipates that treatment will be focused on:

The nurse assists a patient with dyspnea to sit in a high Fowler position.This position allows gravity to help move oxygen from the pulmonary capillaries into the blood by a process known as:

The nurse explains that when oxygen is directed out of the arteries and into the capillaries,this process is called:

The nurse instructs a family that the blood being brought by the incoming capillaries into the kidney,which contains nitrogenous substances to be excreted as waste,involves the process of:

Hyperchloremia,as noted on a laboratory report,is usually associated with: