Psychosocial Integrity

18. A physician orders a maintenance IV of 5% dextrose in normal saline (D₅NS) at 125 mL/hr for a client who is in alcohol withdrawal. In addition to the maintenance IV, the client is also receiving thiamine 30 mg IV, three times a day in 50-mL bags. A nurse calculates that this client's total parenteral intake is ________ mL/24 hr.

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Multiply volume and time for each solution and then add the products together.

Content Area: Mental Health, Pharmacology; Integrated Process: Nursing Process, Implementation; Cognitive Level: Analysis; Client Need/Subneed: Physiological Integrity/Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies/Parenteral/Intravenous Therapies

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3,150 mL.

Use this calculation: 125 mL × 24 = 3,000 mL
50 mL × 3 = 150 mL
3,000 mL + 150 mL = 3,150 mL

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