The nurse needs to calculate the client's urinary output after 12 hours of continuous bladder irrigation. The nurse infused the irrigation solution at 250 ml/hr and the client averaged 42 ml/hr of urine
Which does the nurse record for the client's urinary output? 1. 254 ml
2. 504 ml
3. 2496 ml
4. 3504 ml
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2. The nurse determines the client's urine output by subtracting the total volume of irrigation solution infused from the total urinary catheter output because the nurse infused and drained the irrigation solution. None of the irrigation fluid was absorbed, which negates it as actual urine output. Urine output = [Total catheter output (12 hrs ? 250 ml/hr)] – [Urine output (42 ml/hr ? 12 hrs)].
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