Question

Important nursing interventions when caring for a patient with hyponatremia include-
1. fluid restriction
2. Provide isotonic saline
3. giving potassium as ordered by the doctor
4. provide N. G. feed

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Provide isotonic saline

CONCEPT: 

• Hyponatremia is a condition where sodium levels in the blood are abnormally low.
• This causes nausea, vomiting, fatigue, headache, or confusion.

 

EXPLANATION:   

• Isotonic is a kind of solution that consists of the same salt concentration as the cells and the blood. 
• A standard measuring agent is sodium chloride; a 0.9% solution of sodium chloride is considered isotonic with blood, although, in fact, its osmotic pressure is actually slightly higher. 

Hence, the correct answer is to Provide isotonic saline.