What is the most significant risk of hyperkalemia (elevated serum potassium)?

A patient is severely dehydrated and is being given IV normal saline at a rate of 160 cc per hour. Which of the following laboratory values would you expect to be abnormally elevated in this patient?

Cranial nerves are important to assess to determine the neurological status of a patient in regards to possible deficits.

All the following cranial nerves should be assessed for proper eye movement and function, including vision except __________.

A 25-year-old male client presents to the emergency department complaining of severe headache, nausea, vomiting and nuchal rigidity. Nurse recognizes this patient may be experiencing some form of meningitis.

Which test is the most appropriate to determine if this patient is experiencing the bacterial form of meningitis?

What is the medical term for the artificial mechanism by which fluid and toxic solutes are removed from circulation when the kidneys are unable to function?

Which of the following causes microcytic hypochromic anemia?