Practice Question
By The nurse is preparing a tube feeding of Ensure 280 ml (50% solution). Full strength Ensure is available in a 240 ml can. The nurse should use how many ml of Ensure to prepare the feeding? (Enter numeric value for only. If rounding is required, round to nearest whole number.)
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Correct Answer:
140
Rationale:
🟪Step 1: Understand what 50% solution means
A 50% solution means half the volume should be Ensure, and the other half water/diluent.
🟪 Step 2: Total feeding volume = 280 mL
280 mL×0.5=140 mL
🟪 The remaining 140 mL will be water or another prescribed diluent.
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Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: HESI Exam(s)
- Domain: Hesi Dosage Calculations
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