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rachel9

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The nurse provides group education to active adolescents about sodium replacement after exercising outdoors. What is the best information to include?
 
  1. Have extra salt with your breakfast on days you exercise outdoors.
  2. It is best to avoid exercising outdoors in the summer.
  3. You should take one salt tablet for every 2 hours spent outside.
  4. Water is the best fluid replacement after exercising.

Question 2

Osmolality and tonicity are not changed when movement of fluids and solution are
 
  1. hypotonic.
  2. hypertonic.
  3. isotonic.
  4. oncotic.



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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale: Heat-related problems can be best avoided by consuming adequate amounts of water. Salt tablets can increase the risk of hypernatremia. There is no need to avoid exercising as long as enough water is consumed to avoid dehydration. Increasing salt intake prior to exercising is not necessary.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Decreased osmolity, waters moves to fluid and cells, hypotonics.
Rationale 2: Increased osmolity, water moves from cells is hypertonic.
Rationale 3: Isotonic does not net fluid change.
Rationale 4: Oncotic refers to a blood product to treat shock.





 

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