Mr.J has suffered a brain injury and his thirst center is no longer operational. Mr. J must ensure he consumes adequate fluids to avoid

A patient with kidney disease is at risk for developing additional diseases related to excretion of body wastes. In order for the kidneys to remove this waste, they must produce hourly urine amounts of:

In diuretic therapy, the nurse should monitor the patient for this electrolyte imbalance:

A 76-year-old patient is admitted with vomiting and diarrhea of 3 days' duration. Besides assessing skin condition when looking for signs of dehydration, the nurse would look for: (select all that apply.)

Your patient is admitted with alkalosis. Which laboratory finding would you expect?

A nurse is providing care to a patient experiencing a multisystem disease process. Because it is the main extracurricular cation, and is the primary electrolyte involved in determining body fluid volumes, the nurse monitors the laboratory values of which of the following electrolytes?

The normal elasticity and resiliency of the skin caused by the outward pressure of the cells and interstitial fluid is called:

The anion abundant in extracellular fluid and important for gastric acid formation is:

When water is lost from the body but there is no electrolyte loss, this condition is called:

When a solution has the same concentration as the fluid within the cell, that solution is:

The most abundant anion in plasma membranes is: