I am a nurse and like all nurses I got really busy last week and read the orders from the MD incorrectly. I thought it said to infuse 10% NaCl into the patient but it really said 1% NaCl. Based on what you learned from this lab, how would this error impact the water movement into/out of red blood cells and why did this mistake have life threatening consequences?

I am a nurse and like all nurses I got really busy last week and read the orders from the MD incorrectly. I thought it said to infuse 10% NaCl into the patient but it really said 1% NaCl. Based on what you learned from this lab, how would this error impact the water movement into/out of red blood cells and why did this mistake have life threatening consequences?

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