CarlaHawk22

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 (maintenanc...

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 ...

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 drinkin...

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...

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 dis...

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 ...