Nurse Claudine is reviewing a client’s fluid intake and output record. Fluid intake and urine output should relate.. Fluid intake should be approximately equal to the urine output

Nurse Claudine is reviewing a client’s fluid intake and output record. Fluid intake and urine output should relate in which way?
a. Fluid intake should be double the urine output.
b. Fluid intake should be approximately equal to the urine output.
c. Fluid intake should be half the urine output.
d. Fluid intake should be inversely proportional to the urine output.

Answer B.
Normally, fluid intake is approximately equal to the urine output. Any other relationship signals an abnormality. For example, fluid intake that is double the urine output indicates fluid retention; fluid intake that is half the urine output indicates dehydration. Normally, fluid intake isn’t inversely proportional to the urine output.