Hi I'm studying from crammaster for NCLEX and one of the questions is as follows...
A patient that suffered a burn 3 days ago is recovering on your unit and the urine output continues to remain at 26 ml/hr. What order do you anticipate the doctor giving?
A) Increase IV fluids
B) Decrease IV fluids
C) Change the IV fluid to a different solution
D) Change the urinary catheter
The answer is A. I dont understand why the doctor would want to increase fluids if the patient is in possible renal failure. Can someone explain. Thanks.
