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EAQ- fluid and electrolytes Practice Exam. |Questions with 100% Correct Verified Answers
the arterial blood gas results for a patient who overdosed on barbiturates are pH 7.32, PaCO@
52, and HCO3- 23. which interpretation would the nurse use when planning the patients care?
-respiratory acidosis
-metabolic alkalosis
-respiratory alkalosis
-metabolic acidosis - ✔✔respiratory acidosis
after review of the morning laboratory reports, the nurse calculated a patients anion gap
because an arterial blood gas was not available. which acid-base imbalance would the nurse
associate with an increased anion gap?
-respiratory acidosis
-metabolic alkalosis
-respiratory alkalosis
-metabolic acidosis - ✔✔metabolic acidosis
when admitting a patient with dehydration secondary to nausea and vomiting, which acid-base
imbalance would the nurse use to plan the patients care?
-respiratory acidosis
-metabolic alkalosis
-respiratory alkalosis
-metabolic acidosis - ✔✔metabolic alkalosis
,a patient with diabetes mellitus has been fasting since midnight and reports feeling dizzy. the
nurse observes the deep, rapid breathing of kussmaul respirations. which condition would the
nurse associate with this clinical manifestation?
-respiratory acidosis
-metabolic alkalosis
-respiratory alkalosis
-metabolic acidosis - ✔✔metabolic acidosis
which condition would the nurse anticipate when waiting for arterial blood gas results on a
patient experiencing acute renal failure secondary to severe dehydration?
-respiratory acidosis
-metabolic alkalosis
-respiratory alkalosis
-metabolic acidosis - ✔✔metabolic acidosis
after receiving several respiratory treatments for an exacerbation of asthma, the patients
arterial blood gas results are pH 7.40, PaCO2 40 mm Hg, HCO3- 24 mEq/L, PaO2 92 mm Hg, and
O2 sat 99%. Which respiratory change would the nurse report to the oncoming shift?
-the patients ABGs are within normal limits
-a slight metabolic acidosis is evident to buffer the pH
-the ABG report indicates mild respiratory acidosis
-compensation resulted in a mild respiratory alkalosis - ✔✔the patients ABGs are within
normal limits
,a patients arterial blood gas results are pH 7.33, PaCO2 50 mm Hg, PaO2 75 mm Hg, HCO3- 24
mEq/L, and SaO2 81%. which interpretation of the ABG data would the nurse correlate to the
patients clinical manifestations?
-respiratory acidosis
-metabolic alkalosis
-respiratory alkalosis
-metabolic acidosis - ✔✔respiratory acidosis
the patients arterial blood gas values are pH 7.30, PaCO2 35 mm Hg, and HCO3- 16 mEq/L.
which interpretation would the nurse use when updating the patients plan of care?
-respiratory acidosis
-metabolic alkalosis
-respiratory alkalosis
-metabolic acidosis - ✔✔metabolic acidosis
which arterial blood gas data correspond with a patients clinical manifestations of respiratory
alkalosis?
-pH 7.46, PaCO2 44 mm Hg, PaO2 95 mm Hg, and HCO3- 36 mEq/L
-pH 7.27, PaCO2 70 mm Hg, PaO2 80 mm Hg, and HCO3- 26 mEq/L
-pH 7.30, PaCO2 35 mm Hg, PaO2 70 mm Hg, and HCO3- 20 mEq/L
-pH 7.52, PaCO2 24 mm Hg, PaO2 85 mm Hg, and HCO3- 24 mEq/L - ✔✔-pH 7.52, PaCO2 24
mm Hg, PaO2 85 mm Hg, and HCO3- 24 mEq/L
a hospitalized patient reports abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. suspecting a bowel
obstruction, for which primary acid-base imbalance would the nurse plan the patients care, if
the obstruction is high in the intentional tract?
, -respiratory acidosis
-metabolic alkalosis
-mixed alkalosis
-metabolic acidosis - ✔✔metabolic alkalosis
a patients arterial blood gas results are pH 7.32, PaCO2 56 mm Hg, HCO3- 24 mEq/L. which
acid-base imbalance would the nurse use in development of the patients plan of care?
-respiratory acidosis
-metabolic alkalosis
-respiratory alkalosis
-metabolic acidosis - ✔✔respiratory acidosis
the arterial blood gas report of a patient with diabetes mellitus indicates bicarbonate level of 18
mEq/L and pH of 7.32. which acid-base imbalance would the nurse document?
-respiratory acidosis
-metabolic alkalosis
-respiratory alkalosis
-metabolic acidosis - ✔✔metabolic acidosis
the clinical manifestations of a patient with encephalitis led the nurse to suspect development
of respiratory alkalosis. which laboratory data supports the nurses assessment?
-HCO3- 18 mEq/L; PaCO@ 30 mm Hg
-HCO3- 22 mEq/L; PaCO@ 35 mm Hg
-HCO3- 24 mEq/L; PaCO@ 43 mm Hg
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