Nursing Students Student Assist
Published Dec 9, 2014
Nursekrn7
25 Posts
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nurse2be13
137 Posts
What is your question??????????????
Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN
1 Article; 20,908 Posts
Welcome!
What do you need?
mrsboots87
1,761 Posts
There are a few threads on F&E and acid/base balance in this forum that have some good explanations depending on what you need help with. But there's a lot of info to just be spit out. Maybe be more specific with what you need help with.
nurseprnRN, BSN, RN
1 Article; 5,115 Posts
https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/acid-base-balance-898777.html
scroll down to my loooong post, #3
https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/fluid-and-electrolytes-885838.html
same here, #3
Then come back and ask any specific questions you have.
Guest
0 Posts
OK
An acid is a proton donor (e.g. HCl or H2SO4), a base is a proton acceptor (NaOH, NH3).
pH is a measure of acidity... which means the concentration of hydrogen ions. pH=-log[H+]... low pH is very acidic, high pH is very alkaline.
Buffers are compounds which resist changes to pH... they are weak acids/bases which pull out or give off hydrogen ions thereby stabilizing the concentration of hydrogen ions.
Osmolarity is a measure of the concentration of particles dissolved in solution... and water tends to move from regions of low solute concentration to regions of high solute concentration.
Some random answers to a nonspecific question.