Question

According to the article IV Fluids: What Nurses Need to Know by Ann Crawford, answer the following questions.

What are three (3) functions of water? i. ii. iii.	Which is NOT a sign of hypervolemia? a. Dyspnea b. Thready pulse c. Peripheral edema d. Pulmonary crackles
Monitor patients receiving 3% sodium chloride solution for which symptom? a. Dehydration b. Hyperglycemia c. Pulmonary edema d. Increased intracranial pressure	What may occur in patients being treated for generalized dehydration who receive an overinfusion of isotonic fluids? a. Hypotension b. Hypervolemia c. Hyperglycemia d. Hypernatremia
Which person is most likely to have the highest percentage of overall body water? a. 19-year-old average male b. 25-year-old overweight female c. 65-year-old female d. 80-year-old healthy male
Fill in the blanks according to the article comments regarding best practices for optimal outcomes: Assess and document (3 things): With IV fluid administration, the nurse must (4 things): Monitor the patient’s (2 things): Check the venous access site for signs of (4 things):

Answer 1

Water is important and essential thing in our body it has following functions

1.regulates body temperature

2.moisten tissues in the mouth, eyes and nose.

3.protects body organ and tissues and helps dissolve minerals and nutrients to make them accessible to your body.

3%normal saline is a hypertonic solution. Depending on the solution rate it varies the symptoms, it causr overloding of solute cause pulmonary edema. Hypervolemia occurs not hypo volemiaor dehydration,hypertonic solution ie 3%saline cause decreased icp.

19year old male have more water content.because lean or average body muscle containg person have higher concentration of water than obese.older person have lesser water content because of less adipose tissue.

Assess and document IV site, type of fluid and volume infused, accurate rate of infusion for patient. Assess for patency/occlusion, any signs of infiltration.

With iv fluid administration the nurse mustunderstand the nature of the solution being initiated and how it will affect your patient's condition.rate of infusion, how much volume to be infused

Monitor the patients for any sign of fluid overload, any signs of extravessation of fluid, edema.

Check the venous acess site for any signs of

Pain, swelling, redness, warmth..

Thready pulse is not the sign of hypervolemia.

Isotonic solutions will not cause hypotension because. Normal saline is a isotonic solution it improve blood pressure.