A nurse is assessing clients on a medical-surgical unit.Which adult client should the nurse identify as being at greatest risk for insensible water loss?

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Insensible water loss is water loss through the skin,lungs,and stool.Clients at risk for insensible water loss include those being mechanically ventilated,those with rapid respirations,and those undergoing continuous GI suctioning.Clients who have thyroid crisis,trauma,burns,states of extreme stress,and fever are also at increased risk.The client taking furosemide will have increased fluid loss,but not insensible water loss.The other two clients on a fluid restriction and with constipation are not at risk for fluid loss.

A Nurse Is Assessing Clients on a Medical-Surgical Unit