Question

The nurse identifies for a patient the nursing diagnosis "Fluid volume deficit, related to active fluid loss, secondary to diarrhea." Which of the following would be an appropriate goal statement for this diagnosis?

Answer 1

Answer:

The client will have an intake of at least 1000 mL of fluid within 24 hours.

Explanation:

The loss of extracellular fluid from the body defines the fluid volume deficit. Some times dehydration and fluid volume deficit is used synonymously but they are not the same. In the dehydration, water is lost from body and in fluid volume deficit body fluid is lost. It can occur due to blood loss, vomiting, diarrhea.

So, in this case, the overall goal for a nurse to safely restore the fluid with electrolytes in the patient's body. For this, she can tell the client to take at least 1000ml of water within 24 hours so that his body fluid loss can be managed.