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Practice Exercise 2 ( 5 Questions)

Question 1 of 5 :

A 3-year-old is seen in the clinic at 8:30 pm with a history of vomiting for 2 days and poor oral intake; he has voided once since the previous day. Examination reveals a lethargic child sitting on the mother’s lap. He has a capillary refill of 4 seconds, apical heart rate 128, respiratory rate of 32, and poor skin turgor. State body weight is 25 kg. Based on this information, the nurse anticipates performing which of the following?

A Demonstrating to the mother how to give 5 to 10 ml of Pedialyte by mouth every 5 to 10 minutes.

B Administering an intravenous fluid bolus of 450 ml of 5% dextrose in water over 60 minutes.

C Administering an intravenous fluid bolus of 500 ml of 0.9% normal saline over 20 minutes.

D Administering an intravenous fluid bolus of 1000 ml of 5% dextrose and 0.45% normal saline over 30 minutes.

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