A nurse is totaling an 8 hour output for a child admitted with vomiting and diarrhea. The child had an emesis at 0800 of 50 mL and an emesis at 1200 of 35 mL
The child had 3 diapers weighed and calculated during the 8 hour shift: 1 diaper (urine and stool) = 30 mL; 1 diaper (urine only) = 25 mL; and 1 diaper (stool only) = 20 mL. What is the total 8 hour output for this child?
160
160 mL
Total emesis output = 85 mL and total urine and stool output = 75 mL. These are added together to get the total output for the 8 hours = 160 . Emesis, urine, and stool are all counted when totaling output.
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