Hyperkalemia Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ATI RN ADULT MEDICAL SURGICAL PROCTORED 2019 RETAKE EXAM WITH NGN QUESTIONS/A+ GRADE 3. A nurse is caring for a patient who has ingested a large amount of fluid and has a sodium level of 131 mEq/L. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? a Obtain a 12-Lead ECG. b Restrict oral and intravenous fluids c Suggest that the patient use a salt substitute. d Obtain a blood sample for a serum sodium level. 4. In teaching a patient about coronary artery disease, the nurse explains th...

allows blood to flow directly from the right atrium into the left atrium to bypass pulmonary circulation - foramen ovale carries blood from the umbilical vein to inferior vena cava; allows some blood to bypass the liver - ductus venosus atrial contraction; systole; p wave - atrial depolarization max volume of air that can be exhaled following maximal inhalation - vital capacity allows blood in pulmonary artery to flow directly into the descending aorta to bypass the pulmonary circula...

What is Starling's Law of Capillary forces? How does this explain why a nutritionally deficient child would have edema? - ANSWER Starling's Law describes how fluids move across the capillary membrane. There are two major opposing forces that act to balance each other, hydrostatic pressure (pushing water out of the capillaries) and osmotic pressure (including oncontic pressure, which pushes fluid into the capillaries). Both electrolytes and proteins (oncontic pressure) in the blood affe...

STAGES OF BURNS - stage 1 emergent stage 2 acute stage 3 rehab stage 1 emergent phase - -onset first 12-48 hrs -hypovolemic shock -hyperkalemia, oliguric -cardiac dysrhythmia -acute renal failure stage 2 acute phase - -first 48-72 hrs -circulatory overload -hypokalemia -polyuria -chf stage 3 rehab phase - -prevent infection -return pt to normal state -help pt cope with self esteem/appearance stage 1 emergent phase interventions - -airway o2 ET tube -LR -foley/i&o -ng tube -an...

Extreme pruritus on ventrum of horse Worse during summer Excoriations, alopecia Thickening of skin - Answer- Culicoides hypersensitivity Most likely ddx for a cranial mediastinal mass in a dog - Answer- Thymoma Breeds that are predisposed to atopic dermaitis - Answer- West highland white terrier Wire hair fox terrier English bull dog Boston terrier Lab Irish Setter Sharpei Spaniels Bred gilts that return to heat is most consistent with what virus - Answer- parvovirus Most l...

ATI NUTRITION PROCTORED EXAM 2023/ACTUAL EXAM WITH ALL 60 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT AND DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES/A+ GRADE 1. A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client who has undergone a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching? A. increase fluid intake if you’re in becomes blood tinged B. take naproxen for discomfort. C. sexual activity is permitted after two weeks. D. urinary dribb...

Nur 163 exam 2 with complete solutions The nurse is caring for four patents today. Which finding should the nurse immediately report to the RN? - CORRECT ANSWERS - Patient with positive Chvostek's signs Which patient finding should cause the nurse to encourage oral (PO) fluid intake? - - CORRECT ANSWERS Diarrhea The home health nurse is visiting a patient and notices the unpaid caregiver is having caregiver strain. The nurse knows, when communicating with the patient unpaid caregiver pr...

angina could be triggered by ? - Answer- eating a heavy meal Exp: blood shunted to the GI area which decreases blood availability to the myocardium locations of chest pain? - Answer- typically felt behind the sternum and may radiate to:neck, jaw, shoulders, and along the inner aspect of the left arm. what is the classic finding of angina? - Answer- it is relieved with rest or nitroglycerine Pt. education for nitroglycerin? - Answer- 1. keep in a dark bottle every 6 months under ton...

WGU D236 pathophysiology: Objective Assessment Questions and Verified Answers | Latest 2023/2024 GRADED A+. A major function of potassium is to conduct nerve impulses in muscles. Too low and muscle weakness occurs and too much can cause muscle spasms. This is especially dangerous in the heart muscle and an irregular heartbeat can cause a heart attack The body uses the Protein Buffering System, Phosphate Buffering System, and Carbonic AcidBicarbonate System to regulate and maintain homeostatic...

HESI EXIT Comprehensive PN Exam B Questions and Answers 2023 (Verified Answers)/ HESI Comprehensive B, Comprehensive Exam A, And 2020 exit v 2 The nurse is caring for a client with a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) who is receiving enteral tube feedings. Which task performed by the UAP requires immediate intervention by the nurse? A.Suctions oral secretions from mouth B.Positions head of bed flat when changing sheets C.Takes temperature using the axillary method D.Keeps head of bed elevate...