A seasoned nurse is caring for a patient receiving intravenous fluid therapy for dehydration. The nurse knows that the osmolarity or tonicity of a fluid causes water to move to a different compartment
The nurse is caring for a patient who weighs 40 kg. The osmolality of the body fluids for this patient is between 11,000 and _____ milliosmoles.
What will be an ideal response?
Correct Answer: 11,800
Rationale : The normal osmolality of body fluids ranges from 275 to 295 milliosmoles per kilogram (mOsm/kg).
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