What I Wish I Knew: Potassium-K Lab Value Levels
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What do bananas, avocados, and kale all have in common?
Potassium!
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What role does it play in the body?
What’s a normal range level for potassium?
And what happens when potassium levels are too low or too high?
On a shift early in my career, while I was still being oriented to the unit, I held tight to that rule of NEVER pushing IV potassium even when my preceptor was providing instructions that conflicted with that big rule. Here is that story...
