FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES EXAM
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS PASSED
ALREADY GRADED A+
random movement of particles through fluid and gas - Correct Answer ✔✔ Diffusion
water shifts back and forth across membrane - Correct Answer ✔✔ Osmosis
movement of solute against a pressure gradient - Correct Answer ✔✔ Active Transport
transfer of water and solute through a semi-permeable membrane from a region of
higher pressure to a region of lower pressure (hydrostatic pressure by heart pumping) -
Correct Answer ✔✔ Filtration
280-310 mOsm - Correct Answer ✔✔ Serum osmolarity
10-20 - Correct Answer ✔✔ BUN
35-45 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Hematocrit
0.5-1.5 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Creatinine
50-100 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Urine Osmolarity
1.01-1.03 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Urine specific Gravity
-kidneys
-thirst
-insensible loss
-hormonal influences - Correct Answer ✔✔ What regulates fluid in the body?
produced as a result of the renin-angiotensin system, acts to regulate fluid volume,
sodium and water retention leads to increases in fluid volume and sodium levels -
Correct Answer ✔✔ Aldosterone
loss of fluids from body or from fluid shifts w/in the body - Correct Answer ✔✔
Extracellular fluid volume deficit definition
excessive fluid loss and inadequate fluid intake - Correct Answer ✔✔ causes of
extracellular fluid volume deficit
-thirst
-low urine output
, -decreased skin turgor
-dry mucous membranes and skin
-increased temp.
-hypotension
-tachycardia
-mental status changes
-weight loss
-headaches - Correct Answer ✔✔ S/S of extracellular fluid volume deficit
-increased serum Na+
-increased BUN
-increased hematocrit
inreased urine specific gravity - Correct Answer ✔✔ Lab values of exreacellular fluid
volume deficit
-vital signs every 2- 4 hrs
-orthostatic BP
-give oral fluids (sm. amounts freq.)
-monitor IV fluids
-check urine specific gravity
-daily wts
-I&O
-protect skin
-oral care
-monitor lab values
-monitor mental status - Correct Answer ✔✔ Nursing interventions for extracellular fluid
volume deficit
increased fluid retention in the intravascular and interstitial spaces - Correct Answer ✔✔
Extracellular fluid volume excess definition
-heart failure
-liver damage
-renal disorders
-excessive IV fluid intake - Correct Answer ✔✔ causes of Extracellular fluid volume
excess
-dyspnea
-cough
-crackles in lungs
-engorged neck vessels
-bounding pulse
-increased BP
-edema
-wt gain
-I&O
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS PASSED
ALREADY GRADED A+
random movement of particles through fluid and gas - Correct Answer ✔✔ Diffusion
water shifts back and forth across membrane - Correct Answer ✔✔ Osmosis
movement of solute against a pressure gradient - Correct Answer ✔✔ Active Transport
transfer of water and solute through a semi-permeable membrane from a region of
higher pressure to a region of lower pressure (hydrostatic pressure by heart pumping) -
Correct Answer ✔✔ Filtration
280-310 mOsm - Correct Answer ✔✔ Serum osmolarity
10-20 - Correct Answer ✔✔ BUN
35-45 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Hematocrit
0.5-1.5 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Creatinine
50-100 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Urine Osmolarity
1.01-1.03 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Urine specific Gravity
-kidneys
-thirst
-insensible loss
-hormonal influences - Correct Answer ✔✔ What regulates fluid in the body?
produced as a result of the renin-angiotensin system, acts to regulate fluid volume,
sodium and water retention leads to increases in fluid volume and sodium levels -
Correct Answer ✔✔ Aldosterone
loss of fluids from body or from fluid shifts w/in the body - Correct Answer ✔✔
Extracellular fluid volume deficit definition
excessive fluid loss and inadequate fluid intake - Correct Answer ✔✔ causes of
extracellular fluid volume deficit
-thirst
-low urine output
, -decreased skin turgor
-dry mucous membranes and skin
-increased temp.
-hypotension
-tachycardia
-mental status changes
-weight loss
-headaches - Correct Answer ✔✔ S/S of extracellular fluid volume deficit
-increased serum Na+
-increased BUN
-increased hematocrit
inreased urine specific gravity - Correct Answer ✔✔ Lab values of exreacellular fluid
volume deficit
-vital signs every 2- 4 hrs
-orthostatic BP
-give oral fluids (sm. amounts freq.)
-monitor IV fluids
-check urine specific gravity
-daily wts
-I&O
-protect skin
-oral care
-monitor lab values
-monitor mental status - Correct Answer ✔✔ Nursing interventions for extracellular fluid
volume deficit
increased fluid retention in the intravascular and interstitial spaces - Correct Answer ✔✔
Extracellular fluid volume excess definition
-heart failure
-liver damage
-renal disorders
-excessive IV fluid intake - Correct Answer ✔✔ causes of Extracellular fluid volume
excess
-dyspnea
-cough
-crackles in lungs
-engorged neck vessels
-bounding pulse
-increased BP
-edema
-wt gain
-I&O
