When a patient eats a bag of potato chips, the nurse recognizes that hypernatremia is likely to occur if the patient is experiencing a decreased production of

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If the patient has decreased ADH, the renal tubules will not reabsorb water and the serum sodium level will increase. Cortisol and aldosterone will increase sodium and water reabsorption in the kidney, which tends to keep serum sodium stable. Somatostatin does not affect serum sodium levels.

When a Patient Eats a Bag of Potato Chips, the Nurse