A group of students are reviewing information about fluid balance and losses in children in comparison to adults. The students demonstrate a need for additional review when they identify which of the following?
A) Children have a proportionately greater amount of body water than do adults.
B) Fever plays a greater role in insensible fluid losses in infants and children.
C) A higher metabolic rate plays a major role in increased insensible fluid losses.
D) The infant's immature kidneys have a tendency to overconcentrate urine more.
D
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You are the nurse creating the care plan for a patient newly admitted to your rehabilitation unit
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The skin over a Stage II pressure ulcer is
A) deeply eroded. B) blistered or superficially broken. C) blue in color. D) intact but discolored.