A client has vomited several times and continues to be nauseated. To correct mild hypovolemia, the nurse plans to complete which intervention?
1. Ask the client to drink 8 ounces of water every hour.
2. Administer an isotonic crystalloid.
3. Administer a hypotonic crystalloid.
4. Ask the client to drink 8 ounces of an electrolyte solution every 30 minutes for 4 hours.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Asking a client who is suffering from nausea and vomiting to drink every hour could make the nausea and vomiting worse.
Rationale 2: Isotonic solutions are often used to tread fluid loss due to vomiting.
Rationale 3: Administering a hypotonic solution to this client could make hypovolemia worse.
Rationale 4: Asking a client who is suffering from nausea and vomiting to drink every hour could make the nausea and vomiting worse.
Global Rationale: Isotonic solutions are often used to tread fluid loss due to vomiting. Administering a hypotonic solution to this client could make hypovolemia worse. Asking a client who is suffering from nausea and vomiting to drink every hour could make the nausea and vomiting worse.
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