Baptist Health College Little Rock
School of Practical Nursing
1. Define: insensible loss.
2. Define: interstitial fluid.
3. Define: intracellular fluid.
4. Define: extracellular fluid.
5. Define: intravascular fluid.
6. Define: tetany.
7. Define: semi
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permeable membrane.
8. Define: osmosis.
9. Define: homeostasis.
10. Know why Aldosterone is an important component to the balance of fluid/electrolyte.
11. Which electrolyte is the primary cation of extracellular fluid?
12. Know the normal lab levels of the following:
A. Potassium
B. Sodium
C. Magnesium
D. Calcium
13. Know how each electrolyte functions within the body and what their principle role is.
14. Define and understand:
A. Hypovolemia
B. Hypervolemia
C. Third spacing
15. Name the two systems that try to compensate for acid/base imbalances and how they do that.
16. Identify and understand:
A. Metabolic Acidosis
B. Metabolic Alkalosis
C. Respiratory Acidosis
D. Respiratory Alkalosis
