The nurse monitoring hourly urine output in a client following transsphenoidal hypophysectomy would immediately report
a. 100 ml of urine in 1 hour.
b. 150 ml of urine in 1 hour.
c. 175 ml of urine in 1 hour.
d. 225 ml of urine in 1 hour.
D
The nurse should maintain strict documentation of intake and output in this postoperative client and notify the physician if urine output is greater than 200 ml/hour with urine specific gravity below 1.005.
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