The mother of a hospitalized child reports that her daughter, who is having some difficulty eating, just had a 4-ounce cup of ice chips. The nurse documents this on the child's intake flow sheet as which of the following?

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Ice chips are generally documented as half their volume when melted, so 4 ounces of ice chips would be documented as 2 ounces of fluid.

The Mother of a Hospitalized Child Reports That Her Daughter