fluid and electrolyte balance ATI
A nurse is caring for a client who has chronic kidney disease. The kidneys regulate body fluids as well as assisting with which of the following functions?
acid base balance
A nurse is providing care to a client who has late stage chronic kidney disease (CKD). Which of the following nutrients should the nurse instruct the client to increase in her diet?
calcium
A nurse is providing dietary teaching a client who has late-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD). Which of the following nutrients should the nurse instruct the client to increase in her diet?
calcium
a nurse is caring for a client who is receiving peritoneal dialysis. The nurse notes that the client's dialysate output is less than the input and that his abdomen is distended. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
change the client's position
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory values of a client who has a positive Chvostek's sign. Which of the following laboratory findings should the nurse expect?
decreased calcium
A nurse is assessing a client who has a total calcium level of 12.7 mg/dL. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
depressed deep tendon reflexes
A nurse is caring for a client who has a major burn injury and is experiencing third spacing. Which of the following fluid or electrolyte imbalances should the nurse expect?
elevated Hct
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of a client who has end-stage renal disease and reports fatigue. The client's hemoglobin level is 8 g/dL. The nurse should expect a prescription for which of the following medications?
erythropoietin
a nurse is reviewing lab results of a client with end stage renal disease and reports fatigue. The client's hemoglobin is 8. The nurse should expect a prescription for which of the following medications
erythropoietin
A nurse is providing dietary teaching to a client who has chronic renal failure. Which of the following food choices by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?
grilled fish, avoid high sodium foods
A nurse is caring for a client who has chronic glomerulonephritis with oliguria. For which of the following electrolyte imbalances should the nurse monitor?
hyperkalemia
A nurse is caring for a client who has emphysema and chronic respiratory acidosis. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following electrolyte imbalances?
hyperkalemia
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory findings of a client who has chronic kidney disease. The client reports significant persistent nausea and muscle weakness. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect
hyperkalemia
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory report of a client who has chronic kidney disease (CKD). The nurse finds the following laboratory test results: potassium 6.8 mEq/L, calcium 7.4 mg/dL, hemoglobin 10.2 g/dL, and phosphate 4.8 mg/dL. Which finding is the priority for the nurse to report to the provider?
hyperkalemia
a nurse is caring for a client who has chronic glomerulonephritis with oliguria. For which of the following electrolyte imbalances should the nurse monitor?
hyperkalemia
a nurse is caring for a client who has emphysema and chronic respiratory acidosis. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following electrolyte imbalances
hyperkalemia
A nurse is assessing a client who has heart failure and is taking daily furosemide. The client's apical pulse is weak and irregular. The nurse should identify these findings as manifestations of which of the following electrolyte imbalances?
hypokalemia
A nurse is teaching a client who has chronic kidney disease (CKD). Which of the following should the nurse include
limit fluid intake
A nurse is assessing a client who has acute kidney injury (AKI). According to the RIFLE classification system, which of the following findings indicates that the client has end-stage kidney disease?
no urine output without renal replacement therapy for more than 3 months
A nurse is caring for a client who has urolithiasis and requires further diagnostic testing after an initial test indicated hypercalcemia. Which of the following structures controls calcium concentration?
parathyroid gland
A nurse is caring for an 8-year-old child who has acute glomerulonephritis. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect
periorbital edema
A nurse is checking the laboratory values of a client who has chronic kidney disease. The nurse should expect elevations in which of the following values?
potassium and magnesium
a nurse is checking laboratory values of a client who has chronic kidney disease. The nurse should expect elevations in which of the following values
potassium and magnesium
a nurse is monitoring the ecg of a client who has hypocalcemia. Which of the following finding should the nurse expect?
prolonged QT intervals
A nurse is teaching a client with chronic kidney disease about predialysis dietary recommendations. The nurse should recommending restricting the intake of which of the following nutrients?
protein
a nurse is caring for a client who has chronic kidney disease. The kidneys regulate body fluids as well as assisting with which of the following functions
regulation of acid base balance
a nurse is reviewing the lab values for a 6 month old infant who has acute renal failure. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
sodium 125
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory data of a client who has a fever and watery diarrhea. Which of the following results should the nurse report to the provider?
sodium 150 mEq
