NCLEX HURST |382 REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWER|46 PAGES

What three things contain a lot of Na? - ️️1. Effervescent soluble medications 2. Canned processed foods 3. IVF with Na What is aldosterone? Where is it found? - ️️Steroid or mineralocorticoids; adrenal glands When blood volume is low what happens to aldosterone secretion? - ️️It increases and Na/H2O are retained in order to increase volume What are two examples of too much aldosterone? Too little? - ️️Cushings & Herpaldosteronism (Conn's syndrome); Addisons What is ADH also called? - ️️Vasopressin What does ADH do? - ️️Makes you retain ONLY H20 If you have too much ADH what happens? - ️️Retain H20 FVE urine is concentrated blood is dilute If you have too little ADH what happens? - ️️Lose/diuresis H20 FVD urine is dilute blood is concentrated