Nursing Fundamentals keiser university Exam 4 | Actual Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 (Graded A +) Electrolytes - ✔✔▪ Capable of conducting electricity ▪ Measured in meq/liter or mg/100ml ▪ *Cations* = Positive ions (NA, K, Ca, Mg) ▪ *Anions* = Negative ions (Cl, bicarbonate HCO3, phosphate Po4) ↓ - ✔✔ Physiology of Body Fluids & Electrolytes - ✔✔ - ✔✔Water (H2O) - approx. 60% of body weight Function of H2O in body: ▪ A medium for metabolic reaction within cells ▪ A transporter for nutrients, waste product & other substances ▪ A lubricant ▪ An insulator & shock absorber ▪ Mainta ining of body temperature Factors affect body H2O: ▪ Age ▪ Sex ▪ Body fat ↓ - ✔✔ - ✔✔H2o remain contstant = weight varies by less than 0.2 kg (0.5 lb in 24 hours, regardless of amount of fluid intake. ▪ Infants has 70% - 80, ▪ Older than 60 yrs 50% ▪ Women have less than men = reason less muscles than men ↓ - ✔✔ Distribution of body Fluid - ✔✔ - ✔✔Fluid Compartments: *ICF & ECF* *Intracellular Fluid (ICF):* ▪ Within the cells of the body ▪ In adults constitutes 2/3 of total body fluid ▪ Fluid i nside the cell = O2, nutrients, electrolytes, glucose ▪ Body fluid constantly change the compartment ▪ *Major electrolyte is Potassium & Mg* ↓ - ✔✔ - ✔✔*ICF* is vital for normal cell functioning. It contains solute like *O2, electrolytes, glucose,* & provides medium for metabolic process of cell. Although *ECF* is the smaller amount, it is the transport system that *carries O2 & nutrients to & waste from the body cells. * ↓ - ✔✔ - ✔✔*Extracellular Fluid (ECF)* = outside the cells ▪ 1/3 of total body fluid ▪ Major electrolyte is Sodium, Cl, Hco3 Subdivide into 2 compartments: ▪ *Intravascular/Plasma* = (20% of ECF - 3 liters) Within the vascular system ▪ *Interstitial Fluid* = (75% of ECF - 12 liters) Fluid surrounds the cells ▪ *Transcellular Fluid* = CSF, pericardial fluid, pancreatic, pleural, intraocular, biliary, peritoneal, synovial fluids ↓ - ✔✔ Movement of Body Fluids and Electrolytes - ✔✔ - ✔✔*Solvent* = a liquid (fluid in the body) that dissolves the solute ↓ - ✔✔ - ✔✔*Solute* = a substance that dissolves in a solution ▪ Crystalloids - dissolve readily in solution eg sugar
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