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As a nurse, the next priority need caring for my patients is;

BeingÂ Nurses,Â oxygenation is the most important aspect

we have to take into consideration when caring for our clients. The next in my

priority is fluid balance. Fluid balance is still under the physiological needs

next to oxygenation in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

A change in health affects the way basic needs are provided as

follows

Regulating the body’s fluid balance is a primary health and

disease issue, which incorporates two concepts. The first concept is the

relationship between total body water and total effective solvent and is

expressed in terms of body fluid tonicity. Tonicity disorders are the key

factor responsible for changes in cell volume which can have a significant

effect on the function and survival of brain cells. Solutes distributed almost

exclusively in the extracellular compartment, primarily sodium salts, and in

the intracellular compartment, primarily potassium salts, contribute to

tonicity. The second concept for body fluid equilibrium relates to controlling

and calculating sodium salt levels and extracellular volume anomalies.

Extracellular volume estimations are more nuanced and vulnerable to error than

TBW calculations.

Actions that a nurse could take to assist a client with health

changes are as follows

Nurses administer intravenous fluids to regulate the patient’s

fluid balance. There are two types of fluid crystalloid and colloid type.

Nurses know the difference between each type and when and how to administer it.

The patient’s outcome depends on the type of fluid and the amount.

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