Showing posts with label dehydration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dehydration. Show all posts

Monday, October 7, 2013

NEW NURSES UNDERSTANDING FLUID BALANCE. WHO’S AT RISK?


renee thompson, rtconnections, clinical practice

When the temperature heats up or during flu season, some patients are more at risk for dehydration.  Who’s at risk?  To answer this correctly, you need to understand how the body maintains fluid balance.
Question
Who has more water in their body – men or women; the elderly or babies?
To answer this question, you have to understand this…