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You are caring for a patient at

You are caring for a patient at home who must take magnesium hydroxide/aluminum hydroxide (Maalox) 30 mL PO. How will you instruct the patient to measure the dose using ordinary household measuring devices? A patient has a bottle of warfarin (Coumadin) 5 mg tablets at home. After his most recent international normalized ratio (INR), the doctor calls and tells him to take 7.5 mg/day. How many tablets (scored) should the patient take? You need to administer 250 mg of erythromycin (Erythrocin) PO. You have on hand 0.5 g tablets. How many tablet(s) will you give? The physician writes a “now” order for codeine 45 mg IM for a patient with a vertebral compression fracture. You have on hand codeine 60 mg/2 mL. How many milliliters should you give? 5. You have on hand hydromorphone (Dilaudid) 4 mg/mL. You need to administer 0.015 mg/kg to a patient who weighs 150 pounds. How many milliliters should you administer? 6. A 12-year-old child was admitted to the emergency department because of an asthma attack. Upon assessment, you found out that the child’s weight measures 82.4 lbs. The primary care provider ordered 2 mg/kg of methylprednisolone (Solu-Medrol). The available stock dose is 125 mg/2mL. How many mL will the nurse administer? 7. A health care provider orders amoxicillin syrup to a 3-year-old child with UTI. Your assessment reveals the following data: Temperature of 38.59 C Heart rate of 88 bpm Respiratory rate of 30 bpm Blood pressure of 90/50 Height of 98 cm Weight 12 kg (26.4 lbs) The dosage required as per order is 50 mg/kg/day divided into 3 doses per day (TID). Available stock is a suspension with a concentration of 400 mg/5mL. How much will you administer per dose? SCIENCE HEALTH SCIENCE NURSING MEDICAL N/A

 
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