A client with dehydration experiences a drop in blood pressure. How should the nurse expect the client's body to respond?
1. Decreasing the antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
2. Increasing ADH, renin, and aldosterone production
3. Suppressing the release of aldosterone by the adrenals
4. Decreasing the production of renin by the kidneys
Answer: 2
1. Decreasing antidiuretic hormone will cause the dehydration to become worse.
2. An increase in ADH, renin, and aldosterone secretion is the body's compensatory mechanism to conserve water and reduce urine output, which is designed to maintain intravascular fluid volume.
3. Aldosterone is not suppressed in dehydration.
4. Renin is not decreased in dehydration.
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