Question

A patient has the following acid base values:

pH: 7.49

CO2: 31

HCO3: 25

The nurse interprets these values as:

Group of answer choices

Respiratory acidosis.

Respiratory alkalosis.

Metabolic acidosis.

Metabolic alkalosis.

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Question 2

A patient has the following acid base values:

pH: 7.31

CO2: 41

HCO3: 19

The nurse interprets these values as:

Group of answer choices

Respiratory acidosis.

Respiratory alkalosis.

Metabolic acidosis.

Metabolic alkalosis.

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Question 3

A patient has the following acid base values:

pH: 7.51

CO2: 39

HCO3: 31

The nurse interprets these values as:

Group of answer choices

Respiratory acidosis.

Respiratory alkalosis.

Metabolic acidosis.

Metabolic alkalosis.

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Question 4

A patient has the following acid base values:

pH: 7.29

CO2: 53

HCO3: 24

The nurse interprets these values as:

Group of answer choices

Respiratory acidosis.

Respiratory alkalosis.

Metabolic acidosis.

Metabolic alkalosis.

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Question 5

A patient is experiencing respiratory acidosis. The nurse anticipates the patient will exhibit:

Group of answer choices

Rapid respirations.

Vomiting.

Diarrhea.

Slow respirations.

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Question 6

A patient is experiencing metabolic acidosis. The nurse understands the compensation is occurring by:

Group of answer choices

The kidneys conserving HCO3.

An increase in respirtory rate.

The kidneys eliminating HCO3.

A decrease in respiratory rate.

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Question 7

A patient is experiencing respiratory acidosis and has a potassium value of 5.9 mEq/L. Which of the following is the cause of the potassium value?

Group of answer choices

The hydrogen ion is moving out the cell causing potassium to move in the cell.

The increase in HCO3 causes the retention of potassium.

The hydrogen ion is moving into the cell causing potassium to move out of the cell.

The retention of CO2 suppresses the movement of potassium into the cell.

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Question 8

Which of the following patients is at risk for developing metabolic alkalosis?

Group of answer choices

The patient who has slow shallow respirations.

The patient who is hyperventilating.

The patient experiencing severe diarrhea.

The patient experiencing excessive vomiting.

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Question 9

The nurse is caring for a patient experiencing respiratory alkalosis. The nurse would anticipate the patient will exhibit which of the following clinical manifestations?

Group of answer choices

Rapid respirations.

Low heart rate.

Slow respirations.

Excessive urination.

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Question 10

The nurse is caring for a patient experiencing diabetic ketoacidosis. The nurse would anticipate which of the following acid base imbalances?

Group of answer choices

Respiratory acidosis.

Respiratory alkalosis.

Metabolic acidosis.

Metabolic alkalosis.

Answer 1

Question 1

Answer is respiratory alkalosis.

Here the blood pH is elevated than normal, normal bicarbonate level and elevated carbondioxide level. This indicate respiratory alkalosis, which characterized by increased respiration which reduce the carbondioxide level in the blood.

Question 2,

Answer is metabolic acidosis

Here the patient blood pH is slightly lower than normal, CO2 level normal and bicarbonate level low. Metabolic acidosis is a acid base imbalance disorder.

Question 3,

Answer is Metabolic alkalosis.

Here the patients test shows thst pH is slightly elevated, carbondioxide level is normal and bicarbonate level is elevated. Metabolic alkalosis is metabolic disorder due to decreased hydrogen ion concentration which lead to increased bicarbonate level.

Question 4,

Answer is respiratory acidosis.

Here the patients blood pH is lower than normal, carbondioxide level higher than normal and bicarbonate level is normal. Respiratory acidosis is the condition occurs due to the lungs cannot remove the CO2 from body and carbondioxide level increased, due to this blood pH decreases.

Question 5,

Answer is slow respiration.

Respiratory acidosis is the condition in which the lung cannot remove the carbondioxide due to slow respiration or hypoventilation which is lead to increased CO2 concentration in blood and decrease the blood pH.