Nursing care plans then Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid Base
Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid Base Care Plans
Numbers with a nursing action attached. The item turns on what you do about the value, not on the value itself.
13 plans in this system
Reference values are free everywhere. What these plans add is the nursing action attached to each abnormal value, including what to hold, what to monitor, and how fast correction may safely proceed.
Hypovolemia and Dehydration
These items test whether you catch hypovolemia before the blood pressure falls.
CP-032Members onlyHyperkalemia
These items test the order of treatment and what each drug actually does.
CP-033Members onlyHyponatremia
These items test the correction rate and the neurologic presentation.
CP-113Members onlyHypokalemia
Administration items dominate, and the answer is always to dilute and pump rather than push.
CP-114Members onlyHypernatremia
Stems put a confused older adult or a tube fed patient in front of you and expect you to recognize a water deficit.
CP-115Members onlyHypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia
The pair is tested by findings, so match irritability to a low value and sedation to a high one.
CP-116Members onlyHypomagnesemia
The highest yield item is the refractory potassium, and the correct action is to check and replace magnesium.
CP-117Members onlyFluid Volume Overload
The reliable item is which assessment best measures fluid status, and the answer is the daily weight rather than intake and output.
CP-118Members onlyMetabolic Acidosis
Stems describe deep rapid breathing and expect you to name it compensation rather than distress.
CP-119Members onlyMetabolic Alkalosis
The stem is usually a patient on continuous gastric suction with new tingling and twitching.
CP-120Members onlyRespiratory Acidosis and Respiratory Alkalosis
Expect at least one gas to interpret, and the shortcut is that the value moving opposite the pH names the cause.
CP-121Members onlyIntravenous Therapy, Infiltration, and Phlebitis
Items ask you to distinguish infiltration from phlebitis by findings, so match cool and swollen to one and red and warm to the other.
CP-140Members onlyHypovolemic Shock
Priority items place a normal blood pressure next to a rising heart rate and expect you to act anyway.
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