Question

A nurse is administering a continuous feeding at 60ml/hr with 50 ml of water every 4 hr. What should the nurse document as the total ml of enteral fluid administered during the 8 hr shift? (Record the answer to the nearest whole number. Do not use a trailing zero.)_____ mL

Answer 1

The nurse should document a total of 580 mL of enteral fluid administered during the 8-hour shift.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the total ml of enteral fluid administered during the 8-hour shift, we need to determine the amount of fluid administered per hour and the number of hours in the shift.

The nurse is administering a continuous feeding at a rate of 60ml/hr, so in 8 hours, the total amount of fluid administered would be 60ml/hr * 8 hrs = 480 ml.

In addition, the nurse also administers 50 ml of water every 4 hours, so in 8 hours, the nurse would have administered 2 doses of 50ml, which is a total of 2 * 50ml = 100 ml.

To find the total ml of enteral fluid administered, we add the amount of fluid administered per hour and the amount of water administered every 4 hours: 480 ml + 100 ml = 580 ml.