Title: Explain the fundamentals of fluid and electrolyte balance.
Course: Practical Nursing I (14052-I) > Section: Explaining Principles of Anatomy and Physiology

Explanation should include

- two major body fluid compartments
- different percentages of body water related to age
- location of body fluids
- definitions of active transport, passive transport, osmosis, diffusion, filtration, and phagocytosis
- role of electrolytes, including sodium, potassium, chloride
- magnesium as it pertains to fluid movement
- role of kidneys, lungs, skin, gastrointestinal tract
- definitions of hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic solutions
- the effect on fluid movement.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What fluid compartments contain the greatest percent of body fluid?
- How does the percent of body fluid weight of an infant and elderly adult compare to the middle adult?
- Where is extracellular fluid distributed?
- What mechanisms maintain fluid balance?
- How are fluids and electrolytes passively transported in the body?
- How important is the kidney in maintaining fluid balance?
- What substances are measured when one implements intake and output for the client?
- How does one document intake and output?
- What happens to cells in hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic solutions?
- What are the major extracellular electrolytes?
- What are the major intracellular electrolytes?
- How do active and passive mechanisms transport substances back and forth across cell membrane?