Using the standard household-to-metric equivalent (1 fluid ounce = 30 mL), how many milliliters should be recorded when a patient drinks 8 fluid ounces of water?
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Nursing Math & Dosage Foundations · Core Topics
Intake, Output, and Fluid Calculations
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Which statement correctly states the metric equivalence used when recording fluid volume on an intake and output record?
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An infant's diaper weighs 45 grams more after voiding than it did when dry. Using the rule that 1 gram of urine equals 1 milliliter, what urine output is recorded?
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Over 24 hours a patient takes in 1500 mL and puts out 1900 mL. What is the fluid balance, and what does its sign indicate?
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A patient consumes 200 mL of ice chips. Because ice chips are counted as roughly half their measured frozen volume, how much fluid intake is recorded, and why?
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