A client who weighs 132 pounds receives a prescription for dalteparin 200 units/kg SUBQ once a day for a month. The medication is available in 25,000 units/mL vial. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Enter numerical value. If rounding is required, round to the nearest tenth.)

Answer and Explanation

The Correct Answer is ["0.5"]

Thus, the nurse should administer 0.50.50.5 mL of dalteparin (rounded to the nearest tenth).

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Correct Answer is ["0.25"]

Explanation

Here's why:

We are given the specific dose of somatropin to administer: 1.25 mg (given).

The volume to be administered depends solely on the prescribed dose and doesn't require the concentration for this case.

Therefore, the nurse should administer 0.25 mL of the reconstituted somatropin solution.

Calculation:

Volume to administer (mL) = Dose (mg) / Concentration (mg/mL)

However, we can rearrange the formula as long as we have the dose and target amount to administer:

Volume to administer (mL) = Dose (mg) / Desired dose (mg/mL)

In this case, the "Desired dose (mg/mL)" represents the concentration we want to administer, which is essentially the prescribed dose (1.25 mg) delivered in one injection.

Volume to administer (mL) = 1.25 mg / 1.25 mg/mL Notice how the concentration units cancel out

Volume to administer (mL) = 0.25 mL (round to nearest hundredth)

Therefore, the nurse should administer 0.25 mL of the reconstituted somatropin solution subcutaneously.

Correct Answer is ["0.1"]

Explanation

The nurse is to administer 100 mcg of cyanocobalamin.

Please note that 1 mg is equivalent to 1000 mcg,

so the concentration of the medication is 1000 mcg/mL.

Therefore, the volume of medication to administer is:

100mcg / 1000mcg/mL = 0.1mL

So, the nurse should administer 0.1 mL of cyanocobalamin

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A client who weighs 132 pounds receives a prescription for dalteparin 200 units/kg SUBQ once a day for a month. The medication is available in 25,000 units/mL vial. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Enter numerical value. If rounding is required, round to the nearest tenth.)

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Correct Answer is ["0.25"]

Explanation

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Correct Answer is ["0.1"]

Explanation

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