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A nurse is caring for a school-age child who weighs 35 kg. What is the child's daily maintenance fluid requirement? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number.) - ANSWER1,800 mL/day A nurse is caring for a preschool-age child who weighs 18 kg. What is the child's daily maintenance fluid requirement? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number.) - ANSWER1,400 mL/day A nurse is caring for a toddler who weighs 13.5 kg. What is the toddler's daily maintenance fluid requirement? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number.) - ANSWER1175 mL A nurse is preparing to administer clindamycin 10 mg/kg PO divided in equal doses every 8 hr to a toddler who weighs 30 Ib. Available is clindamycin oral suspension 75 mg/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) - ANSWER3 mL A nurse is caring for an infant who weight 6 kg. What is the infant's daily maintenance fluid requirement? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number.) - ANSWER600 mL/day A nurse is preparing to administer furosemide 2 mg/kg/dose PO every 8 hr to an infant who weighs 12 Ib. Available is furosemide oral solution 10 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) - ANSWER1.1 mL A nurse is preparing to administer dextrose 5% in water (D5W) 20 mL/kg IV to infuse over 4 hr to an adolescent who weighs 57 kg. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. DO not use a trailing zero.) - ANSWER285 mL/hr A nurse is caring for a school-age child who weighs 22 kg. What is the child's daily maintenance fluid requirement? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number.) - ANSWER1,540 mL/day A charge nurse is reviewing techniques for the safe administration of medications to children with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following statements should the nurse make? - ANSWER"Confirm chemotherapy medication dosages using a body surface area nomogram." A nurse is converting an infant's weight from Ib and oz to kg. The infant weighs 13 Ib 8 oz. How many kg does the infant weigh? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) - ANSWER6.1 kg