PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
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1) Fluid and electrolyte imbalance cause - answer illness or disease (burn
or heart failure)
And therapeutic measures (diuretics)
2) hypovolemia - answer ecf volume deficit from salt and/or water loss
3) dehydration - answer loss of pure water without corresponding loss of
salt
4) hypervolemia - answer ecf volume excess with abnormal retention of
fluid
5) signs and symptoms of hypovolemia (mild) - answer increase heart
rate
, Weight loss
Orthostatic hypotension
6) signs and symptoms of hypovolemia (moderate) - answer extreme
thirst, nausea, rapid pulse, decrease urine output (10-30ml/hr)
7) signs and symptoms of hypovolemia (severe) - answer decreased
cardiac output
Unconsciousness
Hypotension
8) signs and symptoms of hypervolemia - answer pulmonary edema
Weight gain
Hypertension
Tachypnea
Crackles
Distended neck and hand veins
9) sodium - answer major electrolyte for hydration
10) sodium normal range - answer 135-145
11) potassium normal range - answer 3.5-5
12) chloride normal range - answer 97-107
13) bun normal range - answer 8-20
14) creatine normal range - answer 0.6-1.2
,15) glucose normal range - answer 70-99
16) calcium normal range - answer 8.5-10.5
17) phosphorus normal range - answer 2.5-4.5
18) magnesium normal range - answer 1.5-2.5
19) hgb normal range - answer 12-16
20) hematocrit normal range - answer 36-48
21) albumin normal range - answer 3.5-5
22) specific gravity normal range - answer 1.005-1.030
23) ph normal range - answer 7.35-7.45
24) co2 normal range - answer 35-45
25) bicarbonate normal range - answer 22-26
26) nursing management for fluid volume deficit - answer bun,
sodium, hematocrit and urine osmolality will all increase
27) nursing management for fluid volume excess - answer bun,
sodium, hematocrit, and urine osmolality will all decrease
, 28) iv fluids - answer listen to lungs before giving
29) hemodilution - answer excess fluid in blood
30) hemoconcentration - answer decrease fluid in blood
31) how to measure hydration - answer skin turgor
Urine output
Blood pressure
Specific gravity
32) hematocrit - answer most accurate lab to evaluate hydration
33) define hematocrit - answer percentage of cellular component of
the blood. Other percentage is water
34) cardiomegaly - answer enlargement of the heart, usually due to
congestive heart failure
35) when hematocrit increases above normal levels - answer blood
clot can occur
36) 2 variables that make up hematocrit - answer cells and fluid
37) nursing diagnosis for ecf volume deficit - answer potential
complication is hypovolemic shock