Question

1. you walked mr. jones to the scale (like you are suppose to do for all of your patients!!!! mandatory!!!!) his estimated dry weight/target weight is 66.3kg and once weighed he is 69.0kg. what do you set his goal for on the dialysis machine? dont forget to add 0.5 to your answer for the correct answer.

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate the difference between current weight and target weight

$$69.0 - 66.3$$

Step2: Add 0.5 to the difference

$$(69.0 - 66.3)+0.5$$

Answer:

$3.2$