F & E

jamonit · Feb 18, 2007

i suggest looking at emedicine or medline. look up blood gases, metabolic acidosis, metabolic alkalosis, respiratory alkalosis, respiratory acidosis.

know what happens when a person has fluid volume overload--dilute hematocrit, hypokalemia, hyponatremia--like how it effects electrolytes. memorize normal fluid and electrolyte levels.

i always google things when i don't know them....look for a university site or something that isn't written for laymen.

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Feb 18, 2007

there are a number of links to good fluid and electrolyte information on this sticky thread on the nursing student assistance forum:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/pathophysiology-p-fluid-electrolyte-resources-145201.html

here are some other abgs weblinks:

http://maagnursing.com/abg/ - this is an abg and acid/base balance tutorial. you do not have to register to go through the tutorial.

http://realnurseed.com/abg.htm - "abg's: it's all in the family"

http://www2.norwich.edu/mwalker/nr312/abg.htm - "interpretation of abgs: the battle of bicarb vs. carbon dioxide

http://www.the-abg-site.com/ - "the abg site". six easy steps to accurately interpret arterial blood gasses from ed4nurses.

http://web.indstate.edu/mary/abgdemo.html - an abg and abg analysis tutorial by a nursing instructor at indiana state university. http://www-isu.indstate.edu/mary/abgpract.htm - this is a quiz to test what you learned (includes answers).

http://www.rnceus.com/course_frame.asp?exam_id=18&directory=abgs - "interpretation of abgs: a four step method". from rnceus.com. discusses the authors four step method for interpreting abg values along with patient case studies and examples.

http://www.madsci.com/manu/indexgas.htm - blood gas basics from mad scientist software

http://instructors.butlercc.edu/nr202/lakous/abgs/abgs.html - abg tutorial from butler community college nursing program. includes questions and case scenarios. not sure if all answers to questions are on the site.

http://www.nurse-center.com/studentnurse/abgs.html - this is an abg review. it has 20 sets of abgs for you to interpret. the answers are at the bottom of the page.