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A 7-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital with a high fever. The nurse caring for the
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child knows that the child has increased insensible water loss resulting from the fever and
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should receive additional water to prevent hypernatremia. Insensible water loss occurs through
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which organ? - correct answer✔✔
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A 76-year-old patient is hospitalized with pneumonia and has become increasingly confused
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throughout the shift. The nurse becomes concerned about the patient's condition and contacts |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
the health care provider, who orders arterial blood gas analysis. The blood gas report shows a
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pH of 7.29, PaCO2 of 50, PaO2 of 78, and bicarbonate of 26. This indicates which imbalance? -
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A patient's arterial blood gas levels indicate a pH of 7.51, PaCO2 of 40 mm Hg, PaO2 of 85 mm
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Hg, and HCO3 of 32 mEq/L. The patient has been vomiting. The nurse knows the patient has
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Which patient has the greatest risk for fluid volume deficit? A: - correct answer✔✔
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A patient has heart failure and is at risk for fluid volume excess. To monitor the patient closely,
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nurse will: - correct answer✔✔ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
The patient is unable to eat and there are no bowel sounds, indicating that the bowels are not
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functioning. The best approach to providing nourishment will be: - correct answer✔✔ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A nurse is mentoring a new nurse who is learning to start intravenous therapy. The nurse tells
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the new nurse that in case the patient needs subsequent venipuncture sites, the best place to
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initially start an IV is the: - correct answer✔✔ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A 7-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital with a high fever. The nurse caring for the
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child knows that the child has increased insensible water loss resulting from the fever and
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should receive additional water to prevent hypernatremia. Insensible water loss occurs through
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which organ? - correct answer✔✔
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A 76-year-old patient is hospitalized with pneumonia and has become increasingly confused
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throughout the shift. The nurse becomes concerned about the patient's condition and contacts |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
the health care provider, who orders arterial blood gas analysis. The blood gas report shows a
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pH of 7.29, PaCO2 of 50, PaO2 of 78, and bicarbonate of 26. This indicates which imbalance? -
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A patient's arterial blood gas levels indicate a pH of 7.51, PaCO2 of 40 mm Hg, PaO2 of 85 mm
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Hg, and HCO3 of 32 mEq/L. The patient has been vomiting. The nurse knows the patient has
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which imbalance? - correct answer✔✔ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Which patient has the greatest risk for fluid volume deficit? A: - correct answer✔✔
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A patient has heart failure and is at risk for fluid volume excess. To monitor the patient closely,
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nurse will: - correct answer✔✔ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
The patient is unable to eat and there are no bowel sounds, indicating that the bowels are not
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functioning. The best approach to providing nourishment will be: - correct answer✔✔ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A nurse is mentoring a new nurse who is learning to start intravenous therapy. The nurse tells
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the new nurse that in case the patient needs subsequent venipuncture sites, the best place to
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initially start an IV is the: - correct answer✔✔ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
