NSG 533 Module 2 + 3 Question and answers 2023 verified

NSG 533 Module 2 + 3 Question and answers 2023 verified Total amount of sodium in the body - correct answer Responsible for ECF volume Total amount of water in the body - correct answer responsible for extracellular sodium concentration ADH secretion - correct answer initiated by a change in plasma osmolality or decreases circulating blood volume/blood pressure Osmoreceptors - correct answer changes in plasma osmolality stimulate these in the hypothalamus Serum osmolality is calculated as: - correct answer 2 x (sodium concentration) + (glucose concentration/18) + (BUN/2.8) osmolality - correct answer deterred by the total solute concentration in a fluid compartment tonicity - correct answer ability of the combined effect of all the solutes to generate an osmotic deriving force that causes water movement form one compartment to another effective osmoles - correct answer solutes capable of changing the tonicity; e.g. sodium, glucose, mannitol and sorbitol ineffective osmoles - correct answer urea