How to get input and output

[Miketheswammer]

Question: You are totalling intake and output for 8 hours shift. There is 240 ml of serous fluid in the drainage system at 2.200. At 2pm this was 190 ml. How much output should you record?A. You are totalling intake and output for 8 hours shift. There is 240 ml of serous fluid in the drainage system at 2.200. At 2pm this was 190 ml. How much output should you record?

[Pangea Reunited, ASN, RN]

What difficulty are you having with this problem, Mike? What's confusing about it, to you?

[BittyBabyGrower, MSN, RN]

What do you think?

[calivianya, BSN, RN]

Are they talking about a closed drainage system like an Atrium for a chest tube or something more like an accordion drain? The question would actually confuse me, too.

One of those you would subtract the 190 from the 240, and the other the 240 would stand alone.

[NurseGirl525, ASN, RN]

Are they talking about a closed drainage system like an Atrium for a chest tube or something more like an accordion drain? The question would actually confuse me, too.

One of those you would subtract the 190 from the 240, and the other the 240 would stand alone.

Most supposed to be per shift. These are two different shifts, I think. I'm not sure why the OP is having an issue. I wish they would come back and clarify.