A client receives a prescription for loratadine suspension of 10 mg by mouth once a day. The bottle is labeled "Loratadine for Oral Suspension, UPS 5 mg per 5 mL." How many teaspoons should the nurse instruct the client to take? (Enter numerical value only.)
The Correct Answer is ["2 "]
To calculate the amount of loratadine suspension the client should take, we need to divide the prescribed dose by the concentration of the suspension and then convert from milliliters to teaspoons.
The prescribed dose is 10 mg, the concentration of the suspension is 5 mg/5 mL, and one teaspoon is equal to 5 mL. Therefore, the amount of loratadine suspension is: (10 mg / 5 mg/5 mL) x 5 mL/teaspoon = 10 mL/teaspoon
The nurse should instruct the client to take two teaspoons of loratadine suspension.
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Correct Answer is ["700"]
Explanation
To find out how many mL/hour the infusion pump should deliver, we need to first calculate the total volume of normal saline that the client needs to receive over 3 hours. To do this, we need to multiply the prescribed volume per kilogram by the client's weight in kilograms. Therefore, the total volume of normal saline that the client needs to receive is 30 x 70 = 2100 mL.
Next, we need to divide this total volume by the number of hours that it should run over. Since there are 3 hours, we can divide 2100 mL by 3 to get the infusion rate in mL/hour. The result is 2100 / 3 = 700 mL/hour.
Correct Answer is ["15"]
Explanation
The number of doses available in the Pen can be found by dividing the total amount in the Pen by the prescribed dose:
Total amount in the Pen = 18 mg
Prescribed dose = 1.2 mg
Number of doses = Total amount in the Pen / Prescribed dose
Number of doses = 18 mg / 1.2 mg
Number of doses = 15 doses
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