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Which type of fluid would be considered hypertonic?

Which type of fluid would be considered hypertonic?

During a shift assessment, the ward nurse finds that a patient is dehydrated.  What would be a possible cause of this problem?

A nurse reviews a client’s laboratory report and notes that the client’s serum phosphate level is 2.0 mg/dL.  Which condition most likely caused this serum phosphate level?

A client is febrile and also found to have a fluid volume deficit secondary to diarrhea. Which physiologic findings could be present with a fluid volume deficit? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse reviews a client’s laboratory report and notes that the client’s serum phosphate level is 2.0 mg/dL.  Which condition most likely caused this serum phosphate level?

A client is febrile and also found to have a fluid volume deficit secondary to diarrhea. Which physiologic findings could be present with a fluid volume deficit? (Select all that apply.)

A patient’s blood tests show they have a critically low parathyroid hormone (PTH).  What effect would this have on phosphate and calcium levels in the blood?

What information can be determined from an arterial blood gas?  (Select all that apply.)

The nurse knows that by definition, a pulmonary embolism is an obstruction in the: