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An infant is born weighing 6 lb, 1 oz and has gastroschisis. The nurse anticipates running this infant's IV fluids at a rate of ___________________ _ mL/hour.
 
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An infant is born at 35 weeks and 3 days. How would the nurse document this gestational age? ___________________ _
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

412.5 mL/hour
Maintenance fluids for a child this weight (2.75 kg) is 275 mL/hour. A child with gastroschisis has fluids run at 1.5 times the maintenance rate, which would equal 412.5 mL/hour.

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35 3/7
Gestational age is written in weeks, with days indicated by a fraction.


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