Electrolyte

Dehydration It Can Happen To Anyone at Anytime Dehydration can sneak up on you and impair your thinking to the point you may not realize you need to take immediate action. Rescuers have at times found lost hikers and others that have succumbed to dehydration with water still in their canteens. People think they should ration their water for when they need it and this can have serious consequences. Once you begin to experience dehydration your mental acuity is affected. You will not be thinking…

gallstones form within the biliary system, usually in the gallbladder where bile is stored and concentrated. Bile is a yellow-green substance containing bile salts, bile pigments, cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids, proteins and a wide variety of electrolytes. Though from all those substances, just phospholipids and bile salts help to the digestion of fats. (Marieb and Hoehn, 2015) A healthy adult is able to produce in a daily basis an approximate amount of 400-1100ml hepatic bile which…

contractions usually do not cause harm and don’t require treatment. Another one is Atrial fibrillation, it’s a heart rhythm that causes the atria to contract abnormally. Multiple things such as coronary artery disease, heart attack injury, and electrolyte imbalances in your blood can cause arrhythmia. Also remember arrhythmia can occur in normal healthy hearts also. When dealing with arrhythmia symptoms may include dyspnea (shortness of breath), angina pectoris (chest pain or discomfort), and…

In the global world, people are suffering from different types of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, eating disorder, heart diseases, and the some mental diseases. All these diseases are causing an over stress, anxiety, less physical, social activities and also increasing more and more psychological disorders day by day. There are several types of psychological disorder, but there is the most common type of eating disorder has in the younger generation. Most of the younger females are affected…

I have always known that becoming a nurse was not going to come easy. However, I was up for the challenge. I’m a particularly shy person who needs to study a lot before grasping a new concept; but I never held back during nursing school. I took challenging classes and in clinical I always looked for the patients with the most complex health conditions, taking every opportunity I could to participate and learn. The requirements for this program were rigorous; anything below an 80% was a failing…

His body temperature was 100 degrees F, heart rate 78 beats per minute, and his blood pressure was 96/50 mm Hg. He was weaned of off 50% oxygen through a face mask to a 2 liters of oxygen by a nasal cannula. His electrolyte levels were unremarkable, but his white blood cell count increased to 26.0 x 109/L. The cultures for influenza A and B viruses were negative as well as the blood cultures for bacteria and fungus. The urine test for Legionella antigen was positive…

test the glucose within the blood Di serum glucose results are 648 mg/dL the normal range should be 80-110 mg/dL after an overnight fast. Di is therefore suffering from hyperglycemia; there is too much glucose in her blood. The bicarbonate is an electrolyte that helps the body maintain its pH balance; Di serum bicarbonate is 8mEq/L the normal range (24-28). Upon the return of the arterial blood and urinalysis, Di’s blood has a pH of 7.0 (normal range 7.35-7.45), her blood is too acidic and her…

Transition Preparation During this time, it is crucial to make sure that Mrs. Audrey’s required documents along with the investigation results are handed over to the theatre nurse. It is also essential to communicate regarding any incomplete task that has not been done according to the checklist. In addition, provide information about Mrs. Audrey being allergic to Bactrim to the theatre nurse. POSTOPERATIVE CARE At 2000hrs, when Mrs. Audrey returns from the theatre, assessment of observations,…

Shortly after my nurse preceptor received report from the night nurse, I overheard an interaction between my preceptor and the internist regarding one of our patients. The physician let my nurse know that our patient required a Foley urgently, she had been retaining fluid for the last 12 hours or more and to his astonishment, no one had noticed. Surely, he thought, either the night nurse on shift or the nephrologist who had visited the patient one day earlier should have questioned why this…

Introduction: The purpose of the experiment was to determine the density of powdered grape. The company Gatorade has advertised that G2 powder replenishes fluids and electrolytes in the body’s blood stream during exercise. G2 has aided in staying hydrated, “maintain normal muscle performance, heart rate and brain activity” (1). In relation, there has been a rise in sports drink purchase to improve athletic performance. The experiment examined a basic level of G2 powders composition, the…