UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL
SURGICAL NURSING, CHAPTER 6
EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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Interstitial fluid - Correct Answer ✔✔ The fluid is the water that surrounds the body' s
cells and includes lymph.
Intravascular fluid, or blood plasma - Correct Answer ✔✔ The fluid within arteries, veins,
and capillaries.
Transcellular fluids - Correct Answer ✔✔ These fluids are those in specific
compartments of the body, such as cerebrospinal fluid, digestive juices, and synovial
fluid in joints.
Osmolarity - Correct Answer ✔✔ This term refers to the concentration of the substances
in body fluids.
Between 270 and 300 milliosmoles per liter (mOsm/L). - Correct Answer ✔✔ The
normal osmolarity of blood is between:
Hypovolemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when the patient is
hemorrhaging or when fluids from other parts of the body are lost. For example, severe
vomiting and diarrhea, severely draining wounds, and profuse diaphoresis (sweating)
can cause dehydration.
Hypovolemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ The most common form of dehydration results from
loss of fluid from the body, resulting in decreased blood volume is
Hypervolemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ The most common result of fluid excess is
______________ in which there is excess fluid in the intravascular space.
Hyponatremia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is a low serum
sodium level?
Hypernatremia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is a high serum
sodium level?
Hypokalemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is a inadequate
intake of Potassium deficit.
, Hypocalcemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ The patient with inadequate absorption of calcium
from the intestines, as seen in patients with Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory
bowel disease. In- sufficient intake of vitamin D prevents calcium absorption as well
causes?
To test for Trousseau's sign, a patient with hypocalcemia. - Correct Answer ✔✔ By
inflating a blood pressure cuff around the patient's upper arm for 1 to 4 minutes. The
hand and fingers become spastic and go into palmar flexion
Hyperkalemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is potassium
excess?
Hypocalcemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is a calcium
deficit?
Hypercalcemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is a calcium
excess?
Pulmonary edema - Correct Answer ✔✔ The fluid then backs up into the lungs, causing
a condition known as:
1.5 grams daily - Correct Answer ✔✔ The adequate intake (AI) of sodium is for adults
through age 49 •
1.3 grams daily - Correct Answer ✔✔ The adequate intake (AI) of sodium for those
adults aged 50 to 70 •
1.2 grams daily - Correct Answer ✔✔ The adequate intake (AI) of sodium for adults
aged 71 and older
2.3 grams daily - Correct Answer ✔✔ The upper tolerable intake level (UL) for sodium
which is contained in slightly more than a teaspoon of salt.
Hypercalcemia Signs and Symptoms - Correct Answer ✔✔ Ca++ >11 mg/dL or 5.5
mEq/L,
Increased Heart Rate and Blood Pressure,
Skeletal Muscle Weakness,
Decreased GI Motility.
Hypomagnesemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is a
magnesium deficit.
Hypermagnesemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is a
magnesium excess.
Hypomagnesemia Signs and Symptoms - Correct Answer ✔✔ Mg++ <1.5 mEq/L,
SURGICAL NURSING, CHAPTER 6
EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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Interstitial fluid - Correct Answer ✔✔ The fluid is the water that surrounds the body' s
cells and includes lymph.
Intravascular fluid, or blood plasma - Correct Answer ✔✔ The fluid within arteries, veins,
and capillaries.
Transcellular fluids - Correct Answer ✔✔ These fluids are those in specific
compartments of the body, such as cerebrospinal fluid, digestive juices, and synovial
fluid in joints.
Osmolarity - Correct Answer ✔✔ This term refers to the concentration of the substances
in body fluids.
Between 270 and 300 milliosmoles per liter (mOsm/L). - Correct Answer ✔✔ The
normal osmolarity of blood is between:
Hypovolemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when the patient is
hemorrhaging or when fluids from other parts of the body are lost. For example, severe
vomiting and diarrhea, severely draining wounds, and profuse diaphoresis (sweating)
can cause dehydration.
Hypovolemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ The most common form of dehydration results from
loss of fluid from the body, resulting in decreased blood volume is
Hypervolemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ The most common result of fluid excess is
______________ in which there is excess fluid in the intravascular space.
Hyponatremia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is a low serum
sodium level?
Hypernatremia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is a high serum
sodium level?
Hypokalemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is a inadequate
intake of Potassium deficit.
, Hypocalcemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ The patient with inadequate absorption of calcium
from the intestines, as seen in patients with Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory
bowel disease. In- sufficient intake of vitamin D prevents calcium absorption as well
causes?
To test for Trousseau's sign, a patient with hypocalcemia. - Correct Answer ✔✔ By
inflating a blood pressure cuff around the patient's upper arm for 1 to 4 minutes. The
hand and fingers become spastic and go into palmar flexion
Hyperkalemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is potassium
excess?
Hypocalcemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is a calcium
deficit?
Hypercalcemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is a calcium
excess?
Pulmonary edema - Correct Answer ✔✔ The fluid then backs up into the lungs, causing
a condition known as:
1.5 grams daily - Correct Answer ✔✔ The adequate intake (AI) of sodium is for adults
through age 49 •
1.3 grams daily - Correct Answer ✔✔ The adequate intake (AI) of sodium for those
adults aged 50 to 70 •
1.2 grams daily - Correct Answer ✔✔ The adequate intake (AI) of sodium for adults
aged 71 and older
2.3 grams daily - Correct Answer ✔✔ The upper tolerable intake level (UL) for sodium
which is contained in slightly more than a teaspoon of salt.
Hypercalcemia Signs and Symptoms - Correct Answer ✔✔ Ca++ >11 mg/dL or 5.5
mEq/L,
Increased Heart Rate and Blood Pressure,
Skeletal Muscle Weakness,
Decreased GI Motility.
Hypomagnesemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is a
magnesium deficit.
Hypermagnesemia - Correct Answer ✔✔ This condition occurs when there is a
magnesium excess.
Hypomagnesemia Signs and Symptoms - Correct Answer ✔✔ Mg++ <1.5 mEq/L,
