The patient is on postoperative day 1 after having undergone a TURP procedure. He has continuous bladder irrigation (CBI)
Actual urine output during continuous bladder irrigation is calculated by:
a.
measuring and recording all fluid output in the drainage bag.
b.
measuring the total output and deducting the total of the irrigating and intravenous solutions.
c.
adding the total of the intravenous and irrigating solutions and then deducting the amount of output.
d.
measuring total output and deducting the amount of irrigating solution used.
ANS: D
To determine urine output, the nurse will subtract the amount of irrigation fluid used with the Foley catheter output to calculate urine output.
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