Identify any signs (including laboratory values) or symptoms from the physician's history and physical and from the nursing assessment that are consistent with dehydration
What will be an ideal response?
• dry skin
• tenting skin turgor
• skin condition: ecchymosis, dry, tears, tenting
• mucous membranes: dry, petechiae
• +1 pedal edema
• diminished bilateral pulses
• cloudy, amber urine
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A) It is missing the fiber that is found in whole wheat bread. B) It is missing the thiamin, niacin, and folate that are found in whole wheat bread. C) It is missing phytochemicals that are found in whole wheat bread. D) It is made from the endosperm of the wheat kernel.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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A. lactose B. lysine C. homocysteine D. lipase
Alcohol's _____ effect impairs the body's fluid balance, making dehydration likely
a. diurenic b. dispeptic c. diabolic d. diurnal e. diuretic