NSL week 6:

Question 1

what is 5% in dextrose? what does it consist and is it hypertonic, isotonic or hypotonic?

Answer 1

A carbohydrate solution that uses glucose
(sugar) as the solute dissolved in sterile water.

Five percent dextrose in
water is packed as an isotonic solution but becomes hypotonic once
in the body because the glucose (solute) dissolved in sterile water is
metabolized rapidly by the body’s cells

Question 2

what are colloid solutions?

Answer 2

IV fluids with large proteins and molecules that stay within the vascular space ( blood vessels)

Question 3

what are crystalloid solutions?

Answer 3

iV fluids with electrolytes