Assumption - answer The client's right to privacy and confidentiality
must always be upheld by the nurse.
Water serves as the - answer Medium for metabolic reactions within
cells, Transporter of nutrients waste products, Lubricant & insulator,
Regulator of Temperature, 1 liter = 2.2lbs= 1kg
Intracellular fluid (ICF) - answer All fluids within body cells and 42%
of body weight and this is Primary
Extracellular fluid(ECF) - answer All fluid outside of cells and
Includes Interstitial, Intravascular, Transcellular
Interstitial fluid - answer the fluid found between cells and outside
of the blood vessels
Intravascular fluid - answer blood plasma found in the vascular
system
Transcellular fluid - answer the fluid which consists of cerebrospinal
pleural, GI, intraoculor, peritoneal, and synovial fluids.
, Serum Osmolality - answer measurement of solute conc. of blood,
which is estimated by doubling the serum Na+
Osmolarity - answer Same as osmolality but not inside the body (IV
solution)
Cation - answer Ion with a + charge, remember the t
Anion - answer Ion with a negative charge
mEq - answer measurement of the combining activity of cations to
anions (per L H2O)
K+ - answer 3.5-5.3 mEq/L (Intracellular), Troubles come from GI,
involved in muscle activity
Na+ - answer 135-145 mEq/L (Extracellular) regulates water
balance, if sodium is abnormal, chloride is abnormal too.
Ca - answer 8.5-10.5 mg/dL bone, neuromuscular, cardiac
Mg+ - answer 1.5-2.5 mEq/L cardiac and neuromuscular
What is the primary cation in serum osmolality? - answer Sodium
Diffusion - answer A molecule in a solution moves from an area of
HIGHER concentration to LOWER concentration
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