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hypernatremia - CORRECT ANSWER A condition in which serum sodium levels
exceed 145 me/L is:
osmosis - CORRECT ANSWER Movement of water through a selectively permeable
membrane from an area where there is more water to an area where there is less
water is known as:
90% - CORRECT ANSWER Sodium accounts for what percentage of extra cellular
fluid cations:
metabolic alkalosis - CORRECT ANSWER In which of the following conditions is
blood pH and bicarbonate levels high while PaCO2 is normal?
laryngitis - CORRECT ANSWER Methamphetamine exposure can cause different
symptoms based on prior disease or functioning in the individual. A symptom in a
healthy individual would be:
aldosterone - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following hormones regulates
blood sodium and potassium levels?
diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER A faculty member asks a student to identify the
appropriate term for the movement of a solute from an area of greater to lesser
, concentration. Which answer indicates the nursing student understood the
teaching?
the leg may appear smaller due to atrophy - CORRECT ANSWER Your patient has
had a cast on the leg for 8 weeks due to a compound fracture. As you remove the
cast, the important information for a patient would be:
intravascular fluid - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is reviewing lab reports. The nurse
recalls blood plasma is located in which of the following fluid compartments?
hypoxia - CORRECT ANSWER The lack of sufficient oxygen within cells is;
ischemia - CORRECT ANSWER A 75-year-old male presents with chest pain on
exertion. The chest pain is most likely due to hypoxic injury secondary to:
phagocytosis - CORRECT ANSWER Which of these is the term for cellular ingestion
of large particles, also known as "cell eating"?
gene - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following is the basic unit of inheritance?
receptor-mediated endocytosis - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following is the
method that cells use to transport cholesterol into cells?
respiratory acidosis - CORRECT ANSWER _______ is a condition in which blood pH
is less than 7.35, PaCO2 is greater than 45 mm Hg and bicarbonate levels are
normal.