When patients take substances into the body, they first enter the extracellular compartment. In order to carry out their function, must enter the:

In addition to building bones and teeth, calcium is important also for the following activity:

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

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

Edema is a collection of fluid in which fluid compartment?

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?

Osmosis differs from diffusion in that it refers to:

Which is the most dangerous electrolyte imbalance?

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 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:

n addition to blood buffers, other body systems that work to keep the pH of the body within normal range are: