What assessment finding best indicates that a 66-pound child with a serious burn has met goals for the priority nursing diagnosis?
A) Distal pulses are equal and strong bilaterally.
B) Oxygen saturation is 94% on room air.
C) Urine output is 45 mL/hour.
D) Mucous membranes are pink and moist.

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This child weighs 30 kilograms,so a normal urine output is 30 to 60 mL/hour.This child's urine output indicates that fluid resuscitation is adequate and perfusion to orgAnswer is good.All the other assessment findings are normal,but for this situation the finding associated with good perfusion to the kidneys best shows the child has met the goal for Fluid Volume Deficit.

What Assessment Finding Best Indicates That a 66-Pound Child with a Serious