The nurse is providing care to a pediatric client admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) following a motor vehicle accident (MVA). The child weighs 39 pounds
Calculate the child's minimum expected urinary output in milliliters (mL) over an 8-hour period.
_______ mL.
Round to the nearest whole number.
Correct Answer: 142 mL
Normal urine output for children is at least one ml/kg/hr. The child weighs 39 pounds. To calculate the child's weight in kilograms, 39 pounds is divided by 2.2. There are 2.2 pounds in each kilogram. The child should produce at least one milliliter per kilogram each hour. The child weighs 17.727 kilograms; multiply this number by one milliliter/kilogram. This is 17.727 milliliters of urine produced each hour. Multiply this number by 8, and it equals 141.818. When rounded to a whole number, this is 142 milliliters.
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