A patient is in the intensive care unit experiencing a gastrointestinal hemorrhage. The nurse realizes that the intravenous solution of choice to help this patient would be
1. 0.45% normal saline.
2. 0.9% normal saline.
3. 2.5% dextrose.
4. 5% dextrose and 0.45% normal saline.
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Rationale: The patient needs an isotonic solution to expand the blood volume. The appropriate intravenous solution would be 0.9% normal saline. Both 0.45% normal saline and 2.5% dextrose are hypotonic solutions and would not help expand the patient's blood volume. The solution 5% dextrose and 0.45% normal saline is a hypertonic solution and also would not expand the patient's blood volume
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