ATI PN Comprehensive Predictor Review

cup - 8 oz 1 g (gram) - 1000 mg 1 kg - 2.2 lbs 1 oz - 30 mL 1 pint - 2 cups 1 quart - 2 pints 1 tsp - 5 mL 3-4 cups of milk a day for a child? - NO too much milk can reduce the intake of other nutrients especially iron. Watch for ANEMIA a nurse makes a mistake? - take it to him/her first then take up the chain acid ash diet - cheese, corn, cranberries, plums, prunes, meat, poultry, pastry, bread Addesonian crisis - N/V confusion, abdominal pain, extreme weakness, hypoglycemia, dehydration, decreased BP Addison's - bronze like skin pigmentation Addison's - causes sever hypotension! Addison's - Hypo Na, Hyper K, Hypoglycemia, dark pigmentation, decreased resistance to stress fx, alopecia, weight loss. GI stress. Addison's & Cushings - Addison's = down down down up down Cushings= up up up down up hypo/hypernatremia, hypo/hypertension, blood volume, hypo/hyperkalemia, hypo/hyperglycemia