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A patient’s blood tests show they have a critically low parathyroid hormone (PTH).  What effect would this have on phosphate and calcium levels in the blood?

A client is febrile and also found to have a fluid volume deficit secondary to diarrhea. Which physiologic findings could be present with a fluid volume deficit? (Select all that apply.)

What information can be determined from an arterial blood gas?  (Select all that apply.)

What information can be determined from an arterial blood gas?  (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is assessing a client who has hypokalemia as a result of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.  Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse is assessing a client who has hypokalemia as a result of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.  Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse in a provider’s office is reviewing the laboratory results of a client who takes furosemide for peripheral edema. The nurse notes that the client’s potassium level is 2.7 mEq/L. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following complications? 

When cells have the same concentration within the intracellular and extracellular compartments and there is no shifting of fluids, this is called:

When cells have the same concentration within the intracellular and extracellular compartments and there is no shifting of fluids, this is called:

A client has 3+ pitting edema in their feet and also has ascites. What lab value would the nurse expect in this patient?