Fluids, Electolytes and Acid Base

[semester1kid]

OK - after hearing the horror stories of former students, they've succeeded to scare the dickens out of a number of us students who are now venturing into this topic. I've read most of the chapter so far and even though there are some dicey areas, it doesn't seem all that bad so far...the lecture for this is Tue Evening and the test (along with three other chapters) is on 5/25...is there anything with this topic that's particularly tricky or that we should be wary off?

[RNTutor, BSN, RN]

She means that's great advice not just for F&E, but for ANY nursing topic that you are studying :)

[aerorunner80, ADN, BSN, MSN, APRN]

In our first F&E lecture we just had to know the basics such as hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic and what happens to the fluids and WHY and sodium shifts s&s.

Then in level 2 and 3 we got more into the specific electrolytes such as K, P, Mg, Ca, etc.

[DolceVita, ADN, BSN, RN]

I agree with knowing the "why". It separates the men from the boys in terms of how well one does.