A nurse is calculating the output of an infant admitted who has dehydration. When weighing the diaper, the nurse should equate 1 g of wet diaper weight to which of the following amounts of urine?

A. 15 mL: 15 mL is far too high for the volume corresponding to 1 gram of diaper weight. B. 30 mL: 30 mL is too large of a conversion for 1 gram of diaper weight. C. 5 mL: 5 mL is too large for the standard conversion of 1 gram of diaper weight to urine volume. D. 1ml: Because urine has a density very close to water, 1 gram of wet diaper weight is considered equivalent to 1 milliliter of urine output. This conversion allows accurate measurement of infant urine output when direct collection in a calibrated container isn’t feasible. Because urine has a density very close to water, 1 gram of wet diaper weight is considered equivalent to 1 milliliter of urine output. This conversion allows accurate measurement of infant urine output when direct collection in a calibrated container isn’t feasible.