The most abundant electrolyte in the body is:

A patient who is started on oral nourishment along with IV fluid has the following amounts entered on his I and O sheet: juice 120 ml, cereal 180 ml, tea 150 ml, urine 380 ml, IV fluid 1050 ml, and emesis 50 ml. His total oral intake was:

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

Intracellular fluid is found:

Water is lost from the body through:

A cation that plays a major role in bone formation is:

The major route of excretion of all electrolytes from the body is via the:

One method of tracking fluid balance status in patients, in addition to recording I & O is to:

Mrs. B brings her 4-month-old son, Tyler, to the physician's office because he has been experiencing diarrhea for about 24 hours and has taken very little fluid when it has been offered. Mrs. B says she is not sure if she needed to bring Tyler to be examined. The most appropriate response by the nurse would be:

A patient's lab work shows a low potassium value. This patient has:

Fluid having a concentration of electrolytes that expands volume but does not cause a fluid shift in or out of the cells would be considered