NUR 145 FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Solvent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Solution (fluid)
Solute - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Particles dissolved in fluid
Approximately _____% of typical adult body weight is fluid (water and electrolytes) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅60
Fluid varies with - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Age, body fat, gender
Intracellular fluid - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fluid within cells (70%)
Extracellular fluid - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fluid outside cells, 30%, includes intravascular and interstitial
fluids
Extracellular fluid- intravascular (fluid within blood vessels) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Plasma, blood cells,
erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes
Extracellular fluid- interstitial (fluid that surrounds the cell) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Lymph
Extracellular fluid- transcellular - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cerebrospinal, pericardial, synovial, intraocular,
pleural, sweat, GI
If too much fluid moves from ICF to ECF, cellular ________ can occur - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Dehydration
If too much fluid moves from ECF to ICF, cell _______ can occur - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Swelling
Third-spacing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Loss of ECF into a space that does not contribute to equilibrium
between the ICF and the ECF
, Examples of third-spacing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ascites, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, and
angioedema
Daily I&O of water approximately _____ mL/day - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅2500
Urine output of _______ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1mL/kg/hour
Lungs lose _______ mL everyday - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅300
Weight excellent indicator of overall fluid volume status (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
1 L H20 = - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 kg (2.2lbs)
Children are at at risk for dehydration due to - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-kidneys have less concentrating
power
-increased metabolic rate
-increase in lean tissue
-increase in surface area/weight
Gerontologic considerations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-clinical manifestations of imbalance may be
subtle
-fluid deficit may cause delirium
-decreased cardiac reserve
-reduced renal function
-dehydration is common
-age-related thinning of the skin and loss of strength and elasticity
Factors which increase the percentage of TBW include - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Being a child
Solvent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Solution (fluid)
Solute - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Particles dissolved in fluid
Approximately _____% of typical adult body weight is fluid (water and electrolytes) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅60
Fluid varies with - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Age, body fat, gender
Intracellular fluid - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fluid within cells (70%)
Extracellular fluid - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fluid outside cells, 30%, includes intravascular and interstitial
fluids
Extracellular fluid- intravascular (fluid within blood vessels) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Plasma, blood cells,
erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes
Extracellular fluid- interstitial (fluid that surrounds the cell) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Lymph
Extracellular fluid- transcellular - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cerebrospinal, pericardial, synovial, intraocular,
pleural, sweat, GI
If too much fluid moves from ICF to ECF, cellular ________ can occur - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Dehydration
If too much fluid moves from ECF to ICF, cell _______ can occur - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Swelling
Third-spacing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Loss of ECF into a space that does not contribute to equilibrium
between the ICF and the ECF
, Examples of third-spacing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ascites, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, and
angioedema
Daily I&O of water approximately _____ mL/day - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅2500
Urine output of _______ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1mL/kg/hour
Lungs lose _______ mL everyday - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅300
Weight excellent indicator of overall fluid volume status (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
1 L H20 = - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 kg (2.2lbs)
Children are at at risk for dehydration due to - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-kidneys have less concentrating
power
-increased metabolic rate
-increase in lean tissue
-increase in surface area/weight
Gerontologic considerations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-clinical manifestations of imbalance may be
subtle
-fluid deficit may cause delirium
-decreased cardiac reserve
-reduced renal function
-dehydration is common
-age-related thinning of the skin and loss of strength and elasticity
Factors which increase the percentage of TBW include - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Being a child
