The Nurse Is Alert for the Expected Fluid Shift in the Patient

question 19

Short Answer

The nurse is alert for the expected fluid shift in the patient who was burned 24 hours earlier.(Place the events in the appropriate sequence.)
A) Fluid volume deficit occurs.
B) Blood is shunted from the kidneys to compensate for a loss of fluid volume.
C) Urine output decreases.
D) Generalized edema occurs.
E) Hypoproteinemia causes fluid to move from the bloodstream to extracellular space

• A) Fluid volume deficit occurs.
• B) Blood is shunted from the kidneys to compensate for a loss of fluid volume.
• C) Urine output decreases.
• D) Generalized edema occurs.
• E) Hypoproteinemia causes fluid to move from the bloodstream to extracellular space

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Definitions:

Tonus

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