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Fluid & Electrolyte Imbalances Questionsand Answers (Latest Update 2024)
The nurse is assessing the patient at risk for fluid volume
excess. Which findings indicate that the patient has fluid
volume excess? (Select all that apply)
a. Increased, bounding pulse
b. Jugular venous distention
c. Diminished peripheral pulses
d. Presence of crackles
e. Excessive thirst
f. Elevated blood pressure
g. Orthostatic hypotension
h. Skin pale and cool to touch - Correct Answer ✅a.
Increased, bounding pulse
b. Jugular venous distention
d. Presence of crackles
f. Elevated blood pressure
h. Skin pale and cool to touch
Which analogy best approximates the principles of diffusion
and concentration gradient?
,Fluid & Electrolyte Imbalances Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2024)
a. Game with four players on one side and eight on the other;
two move over to create six per side
b. Community fun run where 2000 participants move across
the line in a mass start.
c. Basketball game of five players per side; all players move
across the court.
d. Concert where 1000 people are trying to enter through a
single gate. - Correct Answer ✅a. Game with four players
on one side and eight on the other; two move over to create
six per side.
The patient's blood osmolality is 302 mOsm/L. What
manifestation does the nurse expect to see in the patient?
a. Increased urine output
b. Thirst
c. Peripheral edema
d. Nausea - Correct Answer ✅b. Thirst
The patient is at risk for fluid volume excess. For self-
management at home, what does the nurse teach the patient
to do?
,Fluid & Electrolyte Imbalances Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2024)
a. Increase diuretic dose if swelling occurs.
b. Limit the amount of free water in relation to sodium intake.
c. Monitor his or her skin turgor.
d. Weigh self each day on the same scale. - Correct Answer
✅d. Weigh self each day on the same scale.
The older adult patient at risk for fluid and electrolyte
problems is vigilantly monitored by the nurse for the first
indication of a fluid balance problem. What is this indication?
a. Fever
b. Mental status change
c. Poor skin turgor
d. Dry mucous membranes - Correct Answer ✅b. Mental
status change
Which person is most likely to have symptoms related to poor
lymph circulation?
a. Person with carpal tunnel syndrome
b. Marathon runner
c. Person with a history of myocardial infarction
, Fluid & Electrolyte Imbalances Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2024)
d. Frequent overseas flyer - Correct Answer ✅d. Frequent
overseas flyer
Based on the factors of age, gender, and body type, which
patient has the smallest percentage of total body water?
a. Thin 78-year-old adult man
b. Obese 35-year-old man
c. Thin 25-year-old woman
d. Obese 68-year-old woman - Correct Answer ✅d. Obese
68-year-old woman
Which intake-output record represents the norm for the
average adult?
a. 500 mL of fluid per day, ingesting an additional 200 mL of
fluid from food.
b. 1500 mL of fluid per day, ingesting an additional 800 mL of
fluid from food.
c. 3000 mL of fluid per day, ingesting an additional 500 mL of
fluid from food.
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