Question

a patient had 1/4 cup of tea (1 cup=8 oz)

1/2 can of ginger ale (1 can = 12 oz)

1/3 glass of cranberey juice (1 glass= 6 oz)

how many mL would you put in mL on the I/O sheet?

the answer was 30 mL but i don't know how it got there. Please show work and explain. Thanks!

Answer 1

1 Oz is equal to 29.574 millilitres. ie approximately 30 mL.

Since the patient had more than 1 Oz of the fluid, there is no way the answer to be 30 mL.

As per the question , the patient had

1/4 cup of tea ( 1 cup = 8 Oz) = 2 Oz ~60 mL

1/2 can of ginger ale( 1can = 12 Oz) = 6 Oz ~180 mL

1/3 glass of cranberry juice ( 1 glass = 6 Oz) = 2 Oz ~ 60 mL

So the total is 60 + 180 + 60 = 300 mL

So the intake is approximately 300 mL and not 30 mL.

They have missed a zero.