A nurse taking a daily weight on a child with diabetes insipidus notes the child has lost 2 pounds in 24 hours.Which is the nurse's priority action?
A) Continue to monitor the child.
B) Notify the physician regarding the weight loss.
C) Chart the weight and report the loss to the next shift.
D) Do nothing more than chart the weight,as this would be a normal finding.
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