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Question:
The nurse is caring for a patient who has a fluid volume deficit. The nurse
recognizes which of the following as a manifestation of fluid volume deficit?
acute weight loss of less than or equal to 5%.
Question:
The nurse is caring for a client admitted with clinical dehydration. Which
manifestations should the nurse expect to see in the client?
dry mucous membranes
Question:
The nurse is teaching a newly hired nurse about extracellular fluid components.
Which of the following statements by the newly hired nurse indicates a correct
understanding of the teaching?
Examples of extracellular fluids include intravascular, interstitial, and
transcellular values.
Question:
The nurse has attended a conference on fluid volume excess and edema. It
would indicate a correct understanding of the conference if the nurse states.
"Edema occurs by:
, Allowing plasma proteins to leak into the interstitial fluid, which draws in
excess fluid by increasing the interstitial fluid osmosis pressure.
Question:
The nurse working on a medical-surgical unit is caring for a 70-year-old patient.
Which of the following statements by the nurse indicates a correct
understanding of the water in an older adult's body?
It is decreased because of renal changes that cause diuresis with sodium
excretion.
Question:
The nurse preceptor is talking with a newly hired nurse about ways in which a
client can have electrolyte loss. It regulates further teaching by the nurse
preceptors if the newly hired nurse listed that electrolyte excretion occurs
through
lympth
The nurse has attended a conference about electrolyte imbalances. The nurse
learns that both hypokalemia and hyperkalemia have similar manifestations.
Which of the following manifestations listed by the nurse requires additional
teaching?
elevated body temperature
Question:
The nurse is caring for a patient who has a sodium imbalance. The nurse
understands the manifestations from sodium imbalances occur primarily due to
cellular fluid shifts
Question:
A nurse is caring for a patient who has developed a sodium level of 128 mEqq/l.
Which of the following should the nurse recognized as contributing to this
clients sodium level?
A nasogastric (NG) tube to continuous low wall suction (LWS).
Question:
Practice Questions with
Verified Answers. GRADED A+.
Latest 2026/2027 Update.
Question:
The nurse is caring for a patient who has a fluid volume deficit. The nurse
recognizes which of the following as a manifestation of fluid volume deficit?
acute weight loss of less than or equal to 5%.
Question:
The nurse is caring for a client admitted with clinical dehydration. Which
manifestations should the nurse expect to see in the client?
dry mucous membranes
Question:
The nurse is teaching a newly hired nurse about extracellular fluid components.
Which of the following statements by the newly hired nurse indicates a correct
understanding of the teaching?
Examples of extracellular fluids include intravascular, interstitial, and
transcellular values.
Question:
The nurse has attended a conference on fluid volume excess and edema. It
would indicate a correct understanding of the conference if the nurse states.
"Edema occurs by:
, Allowing plasma proteins to leak into the interstitial fluid, which draws in
excess fluid by increasing the interstitial fluid osmosis pressure.
Question:
The nurse working on a medical-surgical unit is caring for a 70-year-old patient.
Which of the following statements by the nurse indicates a correct
understanding of the water in an older adult's body?
It is decreased because of renal changes that cause diuresis with sodium
excretion.
Question:
The nurse preceptor is talking with a newly hired nurse about ways in which a
client can have electrolyte loss. It regulates further teaching by the nurse
preceptors if the newly hired nurse listed that electrolyte excretion occurs
through
lympth
The nurse has attended a conference about electrolyte imbalances. The nurse
learns that both hypokalemia and hyperkalemia have similar manifestations.
Which of the following manifestations listed by the nurse requires additional
teaching?
elevated body temperature
Question:
The nurse is caring for a patient who has a sodium imbalance. The nurse
understands the manifestations from sodium imbalances occur primarily due to
cellular fluid shifts
Question:
A nurse is caring for a patient who has developed a sodium level of 128 mEqq/l.
Which of the following should the nurse recognized as contributing to this
clients sodium level?
A nasogastric (NG) tube to continuous low wall suction (LWS).
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