A patient with severe burns has fluid replacement ordered using the Parkland formula.The initial rate of administration is 1050 mL/hour.What should the nurse expect the rate of fluid administration to be 18 hours after the burn occurred?

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The Parkland formula for fluid replacement in burn patients recommends administering half of the total 24-hour fluid requirement in the first 8 hours after the injury, and the remaining half over the next 16 hours. Since the initial rate was 1050 mL/hour for the first 8 hours, the rate for the next 16 hours should be half of that, which is 525 mL/hour.

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