Fluid, electrolyte and acid–base balance

A book chapter from the major Nursing Text in Australasia (Kozier). The chapter examines the fluid, electrolytes, and acid-base balance in the body and physiological processes that regulate fluid intake and output. Readers are encouraged to apply critical thinking and clinical reasoning are to evaluate nursing care and collaborative interventions on the person’s fluid, electrolyte or acid–base balance and examine nursing actions required to support people experiencing alterations in fluid and electrolyte and acid-base balance.