A woman is being admitted to the outpatient surgery department. The nurse discovers she weighs 130 pounds and is 5 ft 5 in tall. What is her body mass index?
A) 15 B) 17 C) 19 D) 22
D
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The formula to calculate BMI is weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared or weight in pounds divided by height in inches squared multiplied by 703 . For this client: 130 / 4225 × 703 = 21.6 or rounded up to 22.
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