NUR 330: Exam 1- Fluid Balance Questions With Complete
Solutions
Body fluids and electrolytes are maintained within _____ limits.
Correct Answers narrow
Clinical manifestations of FCD can...... Correct Answers
develop rapidly and severity depends on degree of loss
Daily I&O of water are ______. Correct Answers Equal
Electrolytes lost in ____ proportion as they exist in normal body
fluids. Correct Answers same
Example of hypotonic solution? Correct Answers 0.45% NaCl
(half normal saline)
Fluid and Electrolyte Balance is necessary for what? Correct
Answers life- homeostasis
For a pt. in FVD, what are some measures to minimize fluid
loss? Correct Answers antidiarrheals (if no infection), nausea
meds
How do healthy people gain fluid? Correct Answers drinking
and eating- people in the hospital through IV
How do the heart and blood vessels affect fluid balance?
Correct Answers the pressure and amount of blood getting to
the kidneys affects how much urine output there is.
, How does the pituitary gland affect fluid balance? Correct
Answers has antidiuretic hormones that helps conserve or
release water
How is fluid lost through the skin? Correct Answers sensible
due to sweating, insensible due to fever/exercise/burns
How much fluid is lost through the lungs? Correct Answers
100 mL everyday, greater with elevated RR
How much of your body is extracellular fluid? Correct Answers
1/3
How much of your body is Intracellular fluid/ Correct Answers
2/3
How much should urine output be? Correct Answers 1mL/kg/h
In what ways do we lose fluid? Correct Answers kidneys, skin,
lungs, GI tract
T/F: Dehydration and FVD/hypovolemia are the same. Correct
Answers FALSE- dehydration is loss of water alone with
increase sodium levels
The kidney is very sensitive to volume and pressure so it.....
Correct Answers changes it functioning based off of what the
heart is giving to it
Solutions
Body fluids and electrolytes are maintained within _____ limits.
Correct Answers narrow
Clinical manifestations of FCD can...... Correct Answers
develop rapidly and severity depends on degree of loss
Daily I&O of water are ______. Correct Answers Equal
Electrolytes lost in ____ proportion as they exist in normal body
fluids. Correct Answers same
Example of hypotonic solution? Correct Answers 0.45% NaCl
(half normal saline)
Fluid and Electrolyte Balance is necessary for what? Correct
Answers life- homeostasis
For a pt. in FVD, what are some measures to minimize fluid
loss? Correct Answers antidiarrheals (if no infection), nausea
meds
How do healthy people gain fluid? Correct Answers drinking
and eating- people in the hospital through IV
How do the heart and blood vessels affect fluid balance?
Correct Answers the pressure and amount of blood getting to
the kidneys affects how much urine output there is.
, How does the pituitary gland affect fluid balance? Correct
Answers has antidiuretic hormones that helps conserve or
release water
How is fluid lost through the skin? Correct Answers sensible
due to sweating, insensible due to fever/exercise/burns
How much fluid is lost through the lungs? Correct Answers
100 mL everyday, greater with elevated RR
How much of your body is extracellular fluid? Correct Answers
1/3
How much of your body is Intracellular fluid/ Correct Answers
2/3
How much should urine output be? Correct Answers 1mL/kg/h
In what ways do we lose fluid? Correct Answers kidneys, skin,
lungs, GI tract
T/F: Dehydration and FVD/hypovolemia are the same. Correct
Answers FALSE- dehydration is loss of water alone with
increase sodium levels
The kidney is very sensitive to volume and pressure so it.....
Correct Answers changes it functioning based off of what the
heart is giving to it
