Dosage Calculation: Dosage by Weight Practice Questions and Answers | 100% Pass
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Dosage Calculation: Dosage by Weight
Practice Questions and Answers | 100%
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a nurse is preparing to administer potassium gluconate (kaon) 2mEq/kg PO every 12 hr
to a child who weighs 50 lb. how many mEq should the nurse administer per dose?
(round to tenth) - Answer️️ -45.4
50/2.2 = 2...
Dosage Calculation: Dosage by Weight
Practice Questions and Answers | 100%
Pass
a nurse is preparing to administer potassium gluconate (kaon) 2mEq/kg PO every 12 hr
to a child who weighs 50 lb. how many mEq should the nurse administer per dose?
(round to tenth) - Answer✔️✔️-45.4
50/2.2 = 22.7
2 * 22.7 = 45.45
a nurse is preparing to administer erythromycin ethylsuccinate (EryPed) 50 mg/kg/day
PO divided in equal doses every 6 hr to a toddler who weighs 32 lb. available is
erythromycin ethylsuccinate suspension 200 mg/5 ml. how many ml should the nurse
administer per dose? - Answer✔️✔️-4.5
/2.2 = 14.5
14.5 * 50 = 725
725/200*5 = 4.5
a nurse is preparing to administer amoxicillin (amoxil) 25 mg/kg/day PO divided in equal
doses every 8 hr to a preschooler who weighs 43 lb. available is amoxicillin suspension
250 mg/5 ml. how many ml should the nurse administer per dose? (tenth) - Answer✔️✔️-
a nurse is preparing to administer epoetin alfa (Epogen) 50 units/kg subcutaneous to a
preschooler who weighs 40 lb. Available is epoetin alfa 2,000 units/ml. how many ml
should the nurse administer? (hundredth) - Answer✔️✔️-0.46
40/2.2 = 18.2
18.2*50 = 910
910/2000 = 0.46
a nurse is preparing to administer cefaclor (ceclor) 40 mg/kg/day PO divided in equal
doses every 8 hr to a child who weighs 48 lb. available is cefaclor suspencion
375mg/5ml. How mant ml should the nurse administer per dose? (tenth) - Answer✔️✔️-
3.9
48/2.2 = 21.8
21.8*40 = 872.7
872.7/375*5 = 11.6
11.6/3 = 3.9
a nurse is converting an infant's weight from lb to kg. if the infant weighs 6 lb 2oz, she
weighs how many kg? (tenth) - Answer✔️✔️-2.8
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