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A Nurse Assesses a Newly Admitted Client and Notes Fatigued

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A nurse assesses a newly admitted client and notes fatigued muscles, reports of nausea and anorexia, irritability, and diminished deep tendon reflexes. The nurse reviews the client's laboratory reports that reveal a serum chloride level of 92 mEq/L, a serum potassium level of 3.1 mEq/L, and a serum sodium level of 135 mEq/L. Which treatment should the nurse anticipate for this electrolyte imbalance?


Definitions:

Stability

The tendency of a chemical compound to maintain its original state or resist decomposition under specific conditions.

S-trans Conformation

A spatial arrangement in which substituent groups are on opposite sides of a double bond or single bond in a chain, leading to a more extended structure.

Heats Of Hydrogenation

The change in enthalpy that occurs when a compound is hydrogenated, often used to measure the stability of double or triple bonds.

ΔH

Symbol for enthalpy change, representing the amount of heat absorbed or released during a chemical reaction at constant pressure.

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