Update ): Adult Health I
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- Chamberlain
Question:
What does sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate) do?
Answer:
It causes diarrhea to excrete potassium in patients who have hyperkalemia
Question:
What IV solution would you give if someone has a sodium number of 120?
Answer:
hypertonic solution
,Question:
What bed position is good for patient's who have FVE?
Answer:
High fowlers
Question:
What effect does calcium have on muscles?
Answer:
sedative effect
Question:
What are the the 5 lab values that reflect dilution/concentration in fluid
imbalances?
Answer:
1. sodium
2. serum osmolality
3. hematocrit
4. BUN
5. urine specific gravity
,Question:
If a patient is in a fluid volume deficit, are their serum lab levels increased or
decreased?
Answer:
increased; too little fluid = concentrated lab values
Question:
What should a nurse add to insulin when giving patients who have
hyperkalemia so that their blood sugar does not decrease?
Answer:
Dextrose
Question:
What fluid imbalance does this patient have?
- bounding pulse
- increased BP
- tachypnea
- tachycardia
Answer:
fluid volume excess
, Question:
What is the main complication from giving hypotonic solutions?
Answer:
cerebral edema
Question:
Kidney patients have _____kalemia, and _____calcemia?
Answer:
Hyperkalemia and hypocalcemia
Question:
What effect does magnesium have on the body?
Answer:
relaxing effect
Question:
How do you fix dilutional hyponatremia?
Answer:
remove fluid