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Tirant22

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on: Jul 23, 2018
A patient is in an urgent care center and is
 
  receiving treatment for mild hyponatremia after spending several hours doing gardening work in the heat of the day. The nurse expects that which drug therapy will be used to treat this condition?
  a. Oral supplementation of fluids
  b. Intravenous bolus of lactated Ringer's solution
  c. Normal saline infusion, administered slowly
  d. Oral administration of sodium chloride tablets

Question 2

When monitoring a patient for signs of hypokalemia, the nurse looks for what early sign?
 
  a. Seizures
  b. Cardiac dysrhythmias
  c. Diarrhea
  d. Muscle weakness


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6ana001

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D


Tirant22

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Excellent

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Gracias!

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