A Dehydrated Patient Needs a Saline Solution IV in Order

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Essay

A dehydrated patient needs a saline solution IV in order to be rehydrated.Unfortunately the hospital is poorly stocked with saline solutions.The nurse was asked by the doctor to mix up 1 L of a 0.45% saline solution using NaCl and distilled water.How would she do this? What is the osmolarity of this solution?

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