You are the emergency department nurse caring for a client who has just been admitted by ambulance for a suspected myocardial infarction. The physician orders IV fluids of normal saline to be hung at 100 mL/hr
You know that this is what type of IV solution? A) Crystalloid
B) Colloid
C) Hypertonic
D) Hypotonic
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The two types of IV solutions are crystalloid and colloid solutions. Crystalloid solutions consist of water and uniformly dissolved crystals such as salt (sodium chloride) or sugar (glucose, dextrose). Normal saline is an isotonic crystalloid solution. Colloid solutions are used to replace blood. Hypertonic solutions are rarely used. Hypotonic solutions contain fewer dissolved substances compared with plasma.
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