NUR 172 QUIZ 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
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What is the normal calcium level? Answer - 8.5-10
What is the normal phosphorus level? Answer - 3.0-4.5
What is the normal potassium level? Answer - 3.5-5.0
What is the normal sodium level? Answer - 135-145
What is the normal BUN level? Answer - 10-20
What is the normal creatinine level? Answer - 0.6-1.2
What is the normal WBC count? Answer - 5,000-10,000
What is the normal urine specific gravity? Answer - 1.001-1.035
How much urine output should you have every hour? Answer - 30 mL/hr
normal pH level? Answer - 7.35-7.45
,normal HCO3 level? Answer - 22-26
normal PaCO2 level? Answer - 35-45
normal PaO2 level? Answer - 80-100
Normal adult vital signs? Answer - BP- less than 120/80
Pulse- 60-100
Resp- 12-20
O2-95-100
What is malpractice? Answer - a form of negligence in which any professional
misconduct,
unreasonable lack of professional skill, or nonadherence to the accepted
standard of care causes injury to patient
What is negligence? Answer - breach of duty without injury Not checking what
needs to be done on time or when it was supposed to be done.
(lazy)
What are malpractice's 4 standards? Answer - Duty
Breach of duty
Injury (such as a vesicant)
Causation- - breach of duty caused injury
What is beneficence? Answer - to do good (for our pt)
, Veracity means? Answer - to tell the truth
Autonomy means? Answer - right to self determination- independence
Justice means? Answer - being fair to all people
Fidelity means? Answer - being faithful
Nonmaleficence means? Answer - to do no harm
Isotonic solution has? Answer - Fluid has no major shift, fluid stays in
intracellular
space, no major change in BP
This has the same osmolarity as normal body fluids? Answer - Isotonic
solutions
Types of isotonic solutions? Answer - -N.S. = normal saline = 0.9% NaCl **Only
solution to be used with Blood**
-D5W= dextrose 5% and water- irritating to
the veins- supplies energy for the body
-D5-1/4 = Dextrose 5% and 0.225% NaCl.
-D5/0.225%NaCl
-L.R. = Lactated Ringer's. Surgery/Burns. (ALSO
called Hartman solution)
-Albumin 5% = blood product to replace protein.
UPDATE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
What is the normal calcium level? Answer - 8.5-10
What is the normal phosphorus level? Answer - 3.0-4.5
What is the normal potassium level? Answer - 3.5-5.0
What is the normal sodium level? Answer - 135-145
What is the normal BUN level? Answer - 10-20
What is the normal creatinine level? Answer - 0.6-1.2
What is the normal WBC count? Answer - 5,000-10,000
What is the normal urine specific gravity? Answer - 1.001-1.035
How much urine output should you have every hour? Answer - 30 mL/hr
normal pH level? Answer - 7.35-7.45
,normal HCO3 level? Answer - 22-26
normal PaCO2 level? Answer - 35-45
normal PaO2 level? Answer - 80-100
Normal adult vital signs? Answer - BP- less than 120/80
Pulse- 60-100
Resp- 12-20
O2-95-100
What is malpractice? Answer - a form of negligence in which any professional
misconduct,
unreasonable lack of professional skill, or nonadherence to the accepted
standard of care causes injury to patient
What is negligence? Answer - breach of duty without injury Not checking what
needs to be done on time or when it was supposed to be done.
(lazy)
What are malpractice's 4 standards? Answer - Duty
Breach of duty
Injury (such as a vesicant)
Causation- - breach of duty caused injury
What is beneficence? Answer - to do good (for our pt)
, Veracity means? Answer - to tell the truth
Autonomy means? Answer - right to self determination- independence
Justice means? Answer - being fair to all people
Fidelity means? Answer - being faithful
Nonmaleficence means? Answer - to do no harm
Isotonic solution has? Answer - Fluid has no major shift, fluid stays in
intracellular
space, no major change in BP
This has the same osmolarity as normal body fluids? Answer - Isotonic
solutions
Types of isotonic solutions? Answer - -N.S. = normal saline = 0.9% NaCl **Only
solution to be used with Blood**
-D5W= dextrose 5% and water- irritating to
the veins- supplies energy for the body
-D5-1/4 = Dextrose 5% and 0.225% NaCl.
-D5/0.225%NaCl
-L.R. = Lactated Ringer's. Surgery/Burns. (ALSO
called Hartman solution)
-Albumin 5% = blood product to replace protein.
