The nurse is caring for a 23-year-old male client who is in the ICU with second and third degree burns over 40 percent of his body. One of the first symptoms that the client is having organ fail-ure is that the urine output is less than:
1. 30 mL/hour
2. 40 mL/hour
3. 50 mL/hour
4. 60 mL/hour
ANS: 1
An output of less than 30 mL/hr indicates possible renal alterations.
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