Complex Health Quiz 1-4 (ANSWERED)Complex health exam 1
The nurse is planning care for a patient with fluid volume overload and hyponatremia.
Which
... [Show More] intervention should be included in this patient's plan of care?
Administer Intravenous fluids
Restrict fluids
Provide Kayexalate (sodium polystyrene sulfonate)
Administer intravenous Normal Saline with Furosemide (Lasix)
restrict fluids
A patient's blood gas show a pH of 7.53 and bicarbonate level of 36 mEq/L. The nurse
prepares to treat this patient for which acid-base disorder?
Respiratory alkalosis
Metabolic alkalosis
Respiratory acidosis
Metabolic acidosis
Metabolic Alkalosis
A patient's serum potassium is 2.2 mEq/L. Which nursing action is the highest priority
for this patient?
Intiate cardiac monitoring
Intiate seizure precuations
Administer Sodium polystrene (Kayexalate) as prescribe
Start oxygen at 2L/ min
initiate cardiac monitoring
A 61 year old client is admitted with pneumonia. Her ABG results are pH 7.46, PaO2 94,
PaCO2 30, HCO3 19, and SaO2 72%. The nurse interprets this as:
Metabolic Alkalosis
Respiratory Alkalosis
Respiratory Acidosis
Metabolic Acidosis
Respiratory Alkalosis
A client is brought to the emergency department with a suspected narcotic (heroin)
overdose. The nurse anticipates that assessment findings and ABGs will reveal:
restlessness and hypoxemia
agitation and alkalosis
decreased level of consciousness and acidosis
tachypnea and acidosis
decreased level of consciousness and acidosis
A nurse is admitting a client who reports nausea, vomiting, and weakness. Upon
assessment, the client has dry oral mucous membranes, temperature 38.5 C (101.3 F),
pulse 92/min, respiration 24/min, skin cool with tenting present, and blood pressure 102/
64 mm Hg. His urine is concentrated with a high specific gravity. Which of the following
is not a clinical manifestation of fluid volume deficit?
Decreased skin turgor
Bradycardia
Concentrated urine
Low-grade fever
Bradycardia
A patient is being treated for an intestinal obstruction. The nurse inserts a nasogastric
tube and attaches it to low continuous suction. Which acid base imbalance is the patient
at risk for?
Respiratory alkalosis
Metabolic acidosis
Metabolic alkalosis
Respiratory acidosis
Metabolic alkalosis
A nurse is caring for a client who has a laboratory finding of serum potassium 5.7
mEq/L. The nurse should assess for which of the following clinical manifestations?
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