What percentage of an adult's body weight consists of water?
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When administering intravenous (IV) fluids the nurse ensures that the IV fluids are infusing as ordered to prevent dehydration in an adult. When could dehydration become lethal?
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The nurse uses a diagram to show that fluids in the interstitial and intravascular compartments are combined. What do they combine to form?
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The nurse encourages a patient who has been vomiting to drink fluids because the body fluid lost daily must match the amount of fluid taken in to maintain homeostasis. What is the recommended daily amount of fluid for an adult?
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The nurse must keep an accurate intake and output record to assess kidney efficiency. In order for the kidneys to remove waste what is the least amount of hourly urine output the kidneys must produce to remove waste?
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