Author Question: A client has vomited several times and continues to be nauseated. To correct mild hypovolemia, the ... (Read 55 times)

DyllonKazuo · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A client has vomited several times and continues to be nauseated. To correct mild hypovolemia, the nurse plans to complete which intervention?

1. Ask the client to drink 8 ounces of water every hour.
2. Administer an isotonic crystalloid.
3. Administer a hypotonic crystalloid.
4. Ask the client to drink 8 ounces of an electrolyte solution every 30 minutes for 4 hours.

Question 2

A client is prescribed a hypertonic intravenous solution. Administration of this solution will most likely cause which manifestation to occur?

1. A shift of fluid from the vascular space to the interstitial space.
2. No fluid shift
3. The plasma to have more solutes than the interstitial fluid.
4. The plasma to have fewer solutes than the interstitial fluid

lkoler · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Asking a client who is suffering from nausea and vomiting to drink every hour could make the nausea and vomiting worse.
Rationale 2: Isotonic solutions are often used to tread fluid loss due to vomiting.
Rationale 3: Administering a hypotonic solution to this client could make hypovolemia worse.
Rationale 4: Asking a client who is suffering from nausea and vomiting to drink every hour could make the nausea and vomiting worse.
Global Rationale: Isotonic solutions are often used to tread fluid loss due to vomiting. Administering a hypotonic solution to this client could make hypovolemia worse. Asking a client who is suffering from nausea and vomiting to drink every hour could make the nausea and vomiting worse.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Water will move, by osmosis, from the interstitial fluid compartment to the plasma compartment.
Rationale 2: Water will move, by osmosis, from the interstitial fluid compartment to the plasma compartment.
Rationale 3: If a hypertonic solution is administered, the plasma gains more solutes than does the interstitial fluid.
Rationale 4: If a hypertonic solution is administered, the plasma gains more solutes than does the interstitial fluid.
Global Rationale:
If a hypertonic solution is administered, the plasma gains more solutes than does the interstitial fluid. Water will move, by osmosis, from the interstitial fluid compartment to the plasma compartment.