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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
book Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher cover

Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
Exercise 20
To provide free water and intracellular fluid hydration for a patient with acute gastroenteritis who is NPO, the nurse would expect administration of which infusion?
A) Dextrose 5% in water
B) Dextrose 10% in water
C) Lactated Ringer's solution
D) Dextrose 5% in normal saline (0.9%)
Explanation
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A. Fluids such as 5% dextrose in water (...

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