Ms Jackie Robinson is a young woman who has been admitted to hospital following a motor vehicle accident in which she sustained fractures to her pelvis and left femur. Jackie is a diabetic and has a three-week-old baby as a boarder. She has an intravenous infusion of 1 L of fluid and the drop factor for the giving set is 20 drops/ml. You have been assigned to care for her and the baby, under the guidance of a registered nurse.
-Baby Robinson should have approximately 460 kilojoules/kg/day. Her daily kilojoule intake should be

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To calculate the baby's daily kilojoule intake, you need to know the baby's weight. Assuming the baby weighs 3.2 kg (a common weight for a newborn), the calculation would be 460 kJ/kg/day * 3.2 kg = 1472 kJ/day, which is closest to option C, 1490 kJ/day.

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