F&E part 2

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Fluid & Electrolyte Quiz: Part 2

Test your knowledge on fluid and electrolyte imbalances in this challenging quiz designed for healthcare professionals. Enhance your understanding of hypovolemia, hypernatremia, and other critical concepts related to fluid management. Perfect for nurses, students, and anyone interested in improving their clinical skills.

10 thought-provoking questions
Multiple choice and select-all-that-apply format
Immediate feedback on your answers

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by WalkingNurse432

When caring for a client who has risk factors for fluid and electrolyte imbalances, which assessment finding is the highest priority for the nurse to follow up?

Blood pressure 96/53 mm Hg

Mild confusion

Weight loss of 4 lb

Irregular heart rate

The nurse is caring for a client being treated with isotonic IV fluid for hypernatremia. What complication of hypernatremia should the nurse continuously monitor for?

Cerebral edema

Red blood cell crenation

Renal failure

Red blood cell hydrolysis

What does the nurse recognize as one of the best indicators of the patient’s renal function?

Urine osmolality

Serum creatinine

Blood urea nitrogen

Specific gravity

A client diagnosed with hypernatremia needs fluid volume replacement. What intravenous solution would be the safest for the nurse to administer?

0.45% sodium chloride

0.9% sodium chloride

5% dextrose in water

5% dextrose in normal saline solution

The nurse is conducting a lecture on the difference between hypovolemia and dehydration. When completing a verbal comparison, which point needs clarified?

In dehydration, only extracellular is depleted.

Hypovolemia contains only low blood volume.

Similar causes are present in both conditions.

Both conditions result in abnormal laboratory studies.

The nurse should assess the patient for signs of lethargy, increasing intracranial pressure, and seizures when the serum sodium reaches what level?

135 mEq/L

115 mEq/L

145 mEq/L

160 mEq/L

You are caring for a new client on your unit who is third-spacing fluid. You know to assess for what type of edema?

dependent

generalized

brassy

pitting

The nurse notes that a client has lost 7 lbs. Of body weight over 6 days. Which additional assessment findings indicate to the nurse that the client is experiencing hypovolemia? Select all that apply.

Your client has a potassium level of 2.5. The physician has ordered Potassium Chloride 40 mg IV push. Which action should the nurse take next?

Do not administer the IV push.

Give the IV push as ordered.

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