CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Pediatrics

The nurse is caring for a 12 year-old on admission to the isolation unit. One assessment parameter that will indicate that the child has adequate fluid replacement would be:
  1. urine output of 30 ml.hour
  2. absence of thirst
  3. increased level of hct
  4. good skin turgor around the area of burn
Explanation
Answer: A - For a child who is 12 years old age, urine output of 30ml.hour is adequate, and does not suggest fluid overload.
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