The client is being admitted for outpatient surgery. During the assessment, the nurse notes the client is 6 ft 3 in tall and weighs 97 kg. What is this client's BMI?
A) 24 B) 27 C) 30 D) 33
B
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The formula to calculate BMI is weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared or weight in pounds divided by height in inches squared multiplied by 703 . First, convert the 97 kg to pounds by multiplying by 2.2 (97 × 2.2 = 213.4); and then 213.4 / 5625 × 703 = 26.67 or rounded up to 27.
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