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🩺 NCLEX Daily Challenge! | Patient Care + Nursing Mistakes 💡
A 65-year-old client with chronic kidney disease (CKD) presents with an abnormal heart rhythm. Lab results show Serum Potassium (K+) = 6.5 mEq/L. Which ECG finding should the nurse expect?
A: Prominent U waves
B: Shortened PR interval
C: Wide QRS and Tented T waves
D: Depressed ST segment
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✅ Correct Answer: C (Wide QRS and Tented T waves)
Rationale:
• Normal serum potassium is 3.5 to 5.0 mEq/L. A level of 6.5 mEq/L represents severe hyperkalemia. Classic ECG changes associated with hyperkalemia include tall, peaked (tented) T waves, prolonged PR intervals, flattened or absent P waves, and widening of the QRS complex, which can rapidly progress to ventricular fibrillation or asystole.
• Prominent U waves are characteristic of hypokalemia, not hyperkalemia.
• Hyperkalemia causes PR interval prolongation, not shortening.
• ST-segment depression is commonly seen in hypokalemia or myocardial ischemia.🩺 NCLEX Daily Challenge! | Patient Care + Nursing Mistakes 💡
A client with diabetes is confused, sweaty, and shaky. What should the nurse suspect first?
A: Hypercalcemia
B: Hypoglycemia
C: Hypernatremia
D: Hypertension
👇 Drop your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the comments below! Tag your nursing study buddies! 🩺✨
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✅ Correct Answer: B (Hypoglycemia)
Rationale:
• Confusion, diaphoresis (sweating), and tremors (shakiness) are classic adrenergic and neuroglycopenic signs of hypoglycemia. A blood glucose level below 70 mg/dL (such as the 58 mg/dL shown) requires immediate intervention to prevent neurological damage or loss of consciousness.
• Hypercalcemia typically causes muscle weakness, constipation, and lethargy, rather than acute tremors and diaphoresis.
• Hypernatremia presents with intense thirst, dry mucous membranes, and signs of fluid volume deficit.
• Hypertension does not typically present with sudden onset diaphoresis and tremors in this clinical context.🩺 NCLEX Daily Challenge! | Patient Care + Nursing Mistakes 💡
A client with heart failure is receiving Furosemide (Lasix) IV. Which assessment finding requires IMMEDIATE nursing intervention?
A: Urine output of 50 mL/hr
B: Serum potassium level of 2.9 mEq/L
C: Blood pressure of 118/76 mmHg
D: Weight loss of 1 kg in 24 hours
👇 Put on your nursing thinking cap and comment below! 💉💊
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✅ Correct Answer: B (Serum potassium level of 2.9 mEq/L)
Rationale:
• Furosemide (Lasix) is a loop diuretic that causes potassium excretion in the urine. A serum potassium level of 2.9 mEq/L indicates severe hypokalemia (normal: 3.5–5.0 mEq/L), placing the client at high risk for life-threatening ventricular dysrhythmias and digoxin toxicity (if co-administered). The nurse must immediately notify the provider and anticipate potassium replacement.
• Urine output of 50 mL/hr is an expected therapeutic response (>30 mL/hr indicates adequate renal perfusion).
• Blood pressure of 118/76 mmHg is within the normal therapeutic range.
• A 1 kg weight loss over 24 hours is an expected and desired outcome indicating fluid elimination in heart failure.
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