4.7: Review Questions
A nurse is preparing to teach a client about temperature regulation and homeostasis. Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching plan?
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Homeostasis allows you to maintain a stable body temperature despite the outside temperature.
The nurse is caring for a client with a high serum osmolality. Which condition is the client likely to have?
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Dehydration
The nurse is caring for a client with excessive fluid accumulation in the pleural cavity. The nurse determines that fluid is accumulating in which fluid compartment?
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Transcellular
The nurse is caring for a client who has been experiencing diarrhea. Which anion does the nurse anticipate the client is losing through this loss of extracellular fluid?
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Chloride
The nurse is caring for a client with a gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Which fluid compartment does the nurse understand is losing fluid?
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Intravascular compartment
A nurse is caring for a pregnant client who is in labor. Which of the following statements accurately describes the concept of positive feedback in the context of labor?
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Oxytocin is released, stimulating uterine contractions.
A nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about the Na + K + ATPase pump. Which of the following statements accurately describes the role of this pump in maintaining cellular function?
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Sodium moves out of the cell and potassium moves into the cell, thereby maintaining a higher concentration of sodium inside the cell.
Which of the following is an example of a negative feedback loop in the human body?
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Regulation of blood glucose levels
The nurse is caring for a client with a fluid imbalance. Which statement accurately describes the distribution of intracellular (ICF) and extracellular fluid (ECF) in the body?
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The ICF constitutes approximately 40% of total body fluid, and ECF accounts for 20%.
Which of the following best describes the concept of osmotic equilibrium in the body?
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The balance of water and solutes across a semipermeable membrane