#27: Magnesium and Chloride

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🗓️ 18 September 2017

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We continue our electrolytes bonanza this week with magnesium and chloride. In this podcast episode we cover hypomagnesemia, hypermagnesemia, hypochloremia and hyperchloremia. And beyond just going over the normal lab ranges, we talk about all kinds of fun stuff: * the main roles of magnesium and chloride in the body * how to recognize magnesium and chloride imbalances * common causes of imbalances of these key electrolytes * nursing interventions, assessment parameters and treatments for magnesium and chloride imbalances Enjoy! ___________________ FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! Study Sesh - Change the way you study with this private podcast that includes dynamic audio formats that help you review and test your recall of important nursing concepts on-the-go. Free yourself from your desk with Study Sesh! 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.8	last week you know that we talked about some electrolytes namely namely potassium and calcium.
0:54.1	So today we're gonna follow up with a couple more.
0:57.8	Maybe we'll get sodium in there,
0:59.4	but I think sodium is so special.
1:02.1	We might give it its own podcast all by itself.
1:07.0	So with that said, let's start with chloride.
1:11.0	So the basic range for chloride, 95 to 110, if you didn't hear my little speech with the last episode.
1:20.0	Knowing the lab range is one thing, definitely not the most important thing.
1:26.5	The most important thing with electrolytes is knowing what they do, what happens when they're too high, when they're too high,
1:36.4	when they're too low, and what you,
1:39.3	the amazing nurse, are going to do about it. So for your nursing school exams, you probably will have to
1:48.1	know what the lab values are to a certain degree, but don't stress about it too much. I noticed when I was in
1:56.8	school that when there was a test and there was a lab value question, it was so
2:02.3	obviously off base like if it was potassium the question was about
2:07.6	hypocholemia the K would be like 2.3 which is so off base from normal that you got it. They're talking about hypocholemia. So anyway, with that said,
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