CarlaHawk22

Actually this is a totally different question. What I'm trying to understand now is IF IV FLUIDS CAN AFFECT THE THIRST MECHANISM. Which I wouldn't assume there would be more to include in that question. I never asked this in the previous post. In the previous post I asked about signs of fluid volume over load. Thanks for reading my previous post although they were never acknowledged by you. like most people in here, I am simply trying to learn and find resources.

Can getting a high rate of iv fluids affect a persons thirst mechanism or cause a patient to not want to drink? For example, if a patients dehydration has been treated with a fluid bolts and now that patient is on iv fluids at a high rate (maintenance rate would be 48 but this patients rate is 75ml/hr) and he is not wanting to drink anything. I have spent just about an entire hour looking for something on the internet to see if this is true or not but nothing is pulling up.

I'm sorry, you are right. I should ask my instructor as I am a nursing student. I was told by his nurse that it's fine bc he isn't drinking. But the mom told me that he'd just developed the edema. The LPN said it's probably d/t position bc he is disabled and has been sitting in a sitting position for a while. As part of my assignment I have to also interpret his labs. His BUN and creatinine was normal on admit and now it is low. Mom said he'd also vomiting once after she gave him sprite. I'm just thinking all of this are signs that his fluid rate may be high. Just trying to get advice on whether I make any sense in my thinking.

I have a five year old patient I am taking care of that came in with dehydration. The dehydration has since been resolved however the patient is not wanting to drink anything. The fluid rate was set at 75 ml/he on admit. Day 3 he is still not drinking but has developed non-pitting edema in his lower extremities. He is about 15 kg. I'm starting to think that he is getting too much fluid and that this may be the reason he doesn't want to drink and the reason for the non-pitting edema. His lungs sounds, however,are clear. I was wondering at what point would a patient need to be put on a maintenance rate (which would be 50 ml/hr for his weight). But I wonder if he still needs to be at 75ml/he since he is not drinking. I'm so lost.

Thank you so much Justbeachynurse for taking the time to reply. I have noticed this as well as far as high heart rate and low o2 connection. I hate when parents ask me these type of questions and I don't quite understand the reason for it. It's very fustrating.

As a new nurse, I'm still learning things and getting familiar with patient conditions and things that I didn't learn in school or textbooks. I have had a few respiratory patients since I've started working in pediatrics that would recieve breathing treatments (ex: albuterol nebs) for their conditions. I can't seem to figure out (after a great deal of research) why most of my patients breath sounds worsen and o2 says drop right after receiving breathing treatment. Is this normal? I've been meaning to ask the RT person but I always seem to be occupied with my patients when he comes and never got to ask him. I have already searched the web which has taken ridiculously a lot of time to find an answer and still no answer.