ATI Med -Surg: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid -
Base Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2+ pitting ankle edema - answer✔✔FLUID OVERLOAD - hemodilution and DECREASED HCT (34%) HPYERkalemia - answer✔✔Muscle weakness - monitor muscle strength; BRADYCARDIA HYPOTENSION INCREASED GI MOTILITY Administering oral potassium with K + 5,5 (Hyperkalemia) - answer✔✔Withhold medication Venous insufficiency of LE - answer✔✔When I sit down to watch TV, I'll be sure to put my feet up Calcium 8.1 (HYPOcalcemia) - answer✔✔Priority assessment = cardiac rhythm (ECG changes, bradycardia or tacyc ardia) Prolonged PR interval and widened QRS complex - answer✔✔HYPERkalemia HYPOkalemia - answer✔✔ORTHSTATIC HYPOTENSION WEAK, THREADY PULSE DECREASED DTR/HYPOREFLEXIA SHALLOW RESPIRATION Respiratory alkalosis - answer✔✔DECREASED PaCO2 Increased respiratory rate - answer✔✔Provide calming interventions - will help correct pH imbalance Dehydration - answer✔✔Priority assessment = MENTAL STATUS HYPOmagnesium - answer✔✔HYPERACTIVE DTR (Muscle cramps, numbness, tingling) Fluid OVERLOAD - answe r✔✔Bounding peripheral pulses
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