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eruditmonkey@yahoo.com · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

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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Question 2

An infant is born at 35 weeks and 3 days. How would the nurse document this gestational age? ___________________ _

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mcni194 · **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.

Answer to Question 2

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