Test Bank for Dosage Calc 360°, 23rd Edition by Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo.pdf

HESI DOSAGE CALCULATIONS-
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, Dose is 0.5 mg x kg g g g g g




Child’s weight is in pounds, so we have to convert it to kg
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1 Kg = 2.2 pounds (lb) X
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kg = 42 lb
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X = 42*1/2.2 = 19 kg
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So the dose is 0.5 mg x 19 kg = 9.5 mg
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that’s the 1st part to get into the final partof the question w
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hich is how many ml should be administered? In other wor
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ds, to get 9.5 mg delivered, how many mL should be given?
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The key answer is how much solution, ampule, syrup …. yo
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u have (in other words, the fixed amount of medicine that
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would be supplied for you from the pharmacy)
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So here we have 25 mg / mL in each ampule, and we need to
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give 9.5 mg, if you arrange it in an equation, it will be:
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