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Values for potassium

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3.5 mEq/L – 5.0 mEq/L

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Values for calcium

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8.2 mg/dL – 10.2 mg/dL

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Values for specific gravity

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1.002 - 1.025

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Normal urinary output daily output is

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1.5L or 30mL per hour for an adult

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What is QSEN

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QSEN quality and safety education for nurses addresses the challenge of preparing future nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the healthcare systems within which they work. Includes ISBAR

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Achieving professional maturity

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Be a life-long learner, identify the latest best practices and keep skills current, show self-confidence, be a part of the healthcare team

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Assessment/interventions for hyponatremia

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Vomiting, diarrhea, tachycardia, tremors, seizure or come, change in B/P, postural hypotension, weakness, mental status change. Interventions monitor intake and output, weight, edema, LOC, VS, and labs, restrict fluids, administer diuretics/steroids

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Assessment for fluid overload

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bounding pulse, elevated blood pressure, respiratory changes, edema, increased urine output, weight gain, jugular distention, nausea, hyponatremia, confusion, heart failure, muscle cramping, lethargy

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Adult leaning processes

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adults expect to assume responsibility, must take part in the planning and assessment of their own education, experience guides responses, are more focused on the immediate problems, and is problem-oriented.

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Safety R/T hypokalemia

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muscle weakness, fatique, leg cramps, shallow respirations, weak irregular pulse, bradycardia, mental status changes, cardiac dysrhythmia and arrest

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Safety R/T hypermagnesemia

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causes flushing, lowered BP, depressed and shallow respirations, nausea, vomiting, hypoactive relexes, drowsiness, muscle weakness, ECG changes, dysrhythmias. s/s hypotention, lethargy, skeletal muscle weakness, respiratory failure, cardiac dysrhythmia and arrest. May lead to renal failure

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Diet R/T sodium

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pizza, canned veggies, canned soup, salty snacks, prepared foods

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Diet R/T potassium

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sweet & regular potato, beet greens, Yogurt, prune juice, soybeans, bananas, oranges/juice, apricots, artichokes, avacados, beer

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normal range for magnesium

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1.6 - 2.6 mg/dL

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normal range for phosphorus

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2.5 – 4.5 mg/dL

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What is the role of sodium?

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  • maintain concentration and volume of ECF
  • main cation in ECF
  • determines osmolality of ECF
  • maintains irritability and fx of nerve
  • assists in regulating acid-base rx
17
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What is the role of potassium?

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  • Primary intracellular cation
  • Vital role in cell metabolism
  • Balances Na in extracellular fluids (ECF)
  • Promotes transmission & conduction of nerve impulses and contraction of skeletal, cardiac & smooth muscles
18
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What is the role of calcium?

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  • Proper function of excitable tissues, especially cardiac muscle.
  • Adequate blood clotting
  • Structural support to bones and teeth
19
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What is the role of magnesium?

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  • Involved in both carbohydrate and protein metabolism
  • Important in neuromuscular function
  • Acting peripherally to produce vasodilatation and decreased peripheral resistance
  • Calcium and magnesium work together – so an imbalance in magnesium will usually be accompanied by an imbalances in calcium
20
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what is the normal range for sodium?

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135-145 mEq/dL

21
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What are the manifestations of hyperkalemia?

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  • cardiac changes and dysrhythmias
  • muscle weakness with potential respiratory impairment
  • paresthesias
  • anxiety
  • GI manifestations
  • death
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What are the manifestations of hypocalcemia

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  • tetany
  • circumoral numbness
  • paresthesias
  • hyperactive DTRs
  • Trousseau’s sign
  • Chovstek’s sign
  • seizures
  • respiratory symptoms of dyspnea and laryngospasm
  • abnormal clotting
  • anxiety
23
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What is trousseau’s sign?

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spasming of arm with inflated bp cuff

24
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What is Chovstek’s sign?

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flicking of the face causes muscle spasms

25
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What are the manifestations of hypercalcemia?

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-muscle weakness
-incoordination
-anorexia
-constipation
-nausea and vomiting
-abdominal and bone pain
-polyuria
-thirst
-ECG changes
-dysrhythmias.
Complication – renal/urinary calculi (stones)

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What are the manifestations of hypomagnesemia

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  • neuromuscular irritability(Trousseau’s & Chvostek’s sign)
  • muscle weakness
  • tremors
  • athetoid movements
  • ECG changes and dysrhythmias
  • alterations in mood (apathy & depression) and level of consciousness (delirium, confusion, hallucinations)

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