The client has an arterial blood gas pH of 7.42 . How should the nurse interpret this client's acid-base status?
A. The client has no blood hydrogen ions.
B. The client has a normal blood hydrogen ion concentration.
C. The client has a deficit in the blood hydrogen ion concentration.
D. The client has an excess in the blood hydrogen ion concentration.
B
The pH is the negative log of the hydrogen ion concentration. The normal pH of arterial blood ranges between 7.35 and 7.45 . A pH of 7.42 indicates that the client's blood hydrogen ion con-centration is within the normal range.
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