RASMUSSEN NUR2571 FINAL
(ELECTROLYTES/ABGS) EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS UPDATED (2024/2025)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Hypernatremia (Nursing Interventions) - ANS ✓Read food labels before
consumption
Follow a low-sodium diet
Give loop diuretics as orders
Assess I&O and daily weight
Implement seizure precautions
Hyponatremia (Nursing Interventions) - ANS ✓Encourage inclusion of sodium
in diet
Use Isotonic saline
Implement seizure precautions
Monitor for resolution of S/S
Hypokalemia (Etiology) - ANS ✓Diuretics
Prolonged N/V/D or NG tube suctioning
Renal failure
Hypokalemia (S/S) - ANS ✓Weak, thready pulse
ST segment depression
Flat T wave
Ventricular dysrhythmia **
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Digitalis toxicity is potentiated**
Dyspnea
Weakness
Leg cramps
N/D
Decreased urine specific gravity
Hypokalemia (Nursing Intervention) - ANS ✓NEVER administer K+ via IVP!
Provide K+ supplementation via IV drip
- 1 mEq/10 mL; check serum level every 4 - 6 hours and monitor cardiac rhythm.
Educate on foods high in potassium
- Cantaloupe, dairy products, avocados, broccoli, potatoes, spinach.
Hyperkalemia (Etiology) - ANS ✓Kidney Impairment
High potassium intake
Metabolic acidosis
- Causes potassium to from ICF to ECF
Potassium - saving diuretics
Dehydration
Salt substitutes
Hyperkalemia (S/S) - ANS ✓Cardiovascular changes can lead to death
- High peaked T waves
- Prolonged Pr interval
- Absent P wave
- Wide QRS
Skeletal muscle twitch
Parethesia
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