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Hyponatremia signals acute adrenal insufficiency

Maryann Ward, age 56, is admitted to the chest pain unit. Sara, her nurse, finds her alert and oriented. Mrs. Ward tells Sara her chest pain started yesterday. When assessing her, Sara…
hyponatremia

Recognizing acute hyponatremia

Sam Johansen, age 42, is admitted to the medical-surgical unit after 3 days of acute nausea, vomiting, and watery diarrhea associated with acute abdominal pain. His nurse, Megan,…

Stopping a downward spiral

For a patient with chronic heart failure, failure to take prescribed diuretics triggers a perilous chain of events

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