A patient is admitted for palpitations and has a history of chronic kidney disease (CKD).  While examining the patient’s telemetry strip, you note tall, peaked, T-waves. What electrolyte abnormality do you expect when reviewing the admission labs? 

The patient with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is brought to the emergency department with hyperventilation.  The nurse demonstrates an understanding of CKD by identifying the cause of the alteration in ventilation as which of the following? 

What causes the presence of myoglobin in urine? (Select all that apply.)

A patient has been on complete bed rest for 3 days. The practitioner has left orders to get the patient out of bed for meals. The patient complains of feeling dizzy and faint while sitting at the bedside. The nurse suspects that the patient is experiencing what problem? 

Loss of albumin from the intravascular space may result in which condition? 

__________ is the volume of blood ejected by the ventricles with each contraction.

What does the viscosity of a fluid mean?

High velocities will exceed the Nyquist Limit and ________ will occur.

What does the sonographer use to calculate the dp/dt?

If the heart rate is 75 beats per minute and the stroke volume is 70 ml per beat, then what is the cardiac output?