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kaid0807 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

Aaron and Brittney, two nursing students were having pizza one evening as they were studying. Brittney remarked to Aaron that she noticed whenever she ate pizza, she was incredibly thirsty.

Aaron remarked that eating salty foods increases ___________ pressure of body fluids. A. ophthalmic
B. osmotic
C. oncotic
D. hydrostatic

Question 2

A nurse is caring for a patient who has become depressed because her children have gone away to college. The nurse assesses this type of depression as __________ loss.

A. actual
B. perceived
C. situational
D. maturational

aidanmbrowne · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
The osmoreceptors continually monitor serum osmotic pressure and when osmolality increases, the hypothalamus stimulates thirst. Eating salty foods increases the osmotic pressure of the body fluids and stimulates the thirst mechanism.

Answer to Question 2

D
An actual loss is any loss of a person or object that an individual can no longer feel, hear, know, or experience. Perceived loss is any loss that is uniquely defined by the grieving patient. Situational loss includes any sudden, unpredictable external event.