Homeostasis: Fluids, Electrolytes, Acid/Base, and Shock

Description

Student comments about this course

great! the course was wonderful and informative. Very knowledgable - able to clarify and offer various clinical examples. Great Job! " Enjoyed - speaker knowledgeable and presents self and topic well. The small group format was very conducive to both staying alert and learning I've been waiting 18m in school for this lecture. Thank You!

This course is ideal for anyone who needs an update on some of the most critical, yet difficult to conceptualize, content in nursing. We have taken the mystery out of these topics and present them in a way that will help the learner once-and-for-all understand some of the body's most important regulatory systems.

Objectives

Upon completion of Homeostasis: Fluids, Electrolytes, Acid/Base, and Shock the learner will:

• Analyze the pathophysiology and collaborative interventions related to fluid regulation, fluid overload, and fluid deficits
• Discuss assessment findings and collaborative interventions indicated for the major electrolyte disorders
• Analyze and interpret arterial blood gas results
• Compare and contrast the clinical signs and symptoms of acid-base disorders and predict measures to restore acid-base homeostasis
• Predict the major physiological stimuli responsible for each classification of shock and explain the pathophysiology related to each
• Explain the promotion and maintenance of adaptation for the client in shock

Course Outline

Total Contact Hours - 6.6

Speaker: Devorah Overbay, MSN, RN, CNS

Acute Care Education Associates, Inc. is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Washington State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

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