HESI RN Medical Surgical Nursing

A client with pancreatitis is receiving 0.9% normal saline, and the prescribed IV infusion rate was increased from 100 mL/hour to 150 mL/hour. Which assessment finding indicates to the nurse that the prescription has a therapeutic outcome?

A. An increase in the hematocrit (HCT) from 42% (0.42 volume fraction) to 52% (0.52 volume fraction).

B. An increase in the blood glucose level from 130 mg/dl. (7.22 mmol/L).

C. A decrease in blood urea nitrogen (BUN) from 36 mg/dL (12.9 mmol/L) to 23 mg/dL (8.21 mmol/L).

D. A decrease in serum amylase from 24 units/dl (240 units) to 12 units/dl. (120 units/L);

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