While Attempting to Track the Intake of an Elderly Client

question 8

Essay

While attempting to track the intake of an elderly client, the nurse asks the client to identify what the client drank that day. The client reports, "I had a small cup of tea, a glass full of juice, and 2 cups of milk." The nurse would record how many mL for this client's intake?

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Definitions:

Bone Marrow

Bone marrow is the soft, spongy tissue inside bones that produces blood cells, including red and white blood cells and platelets.

Red Blood Cells

Cells in the blood that carry oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and carbon dioxide back to the lungs to be exhaled, crucial for the body's respiratory process.

Hemoglobin

The combination of a protein and iron pigment in the red blood cells that attracts and carries oxygen in the body.

Red Blood Cells

Cells found in blood that are responsible for carrying oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and returning carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs.