The nurse prepares to give 5 mg of a medication, but the vial label reads "10 mg/mL." How many mL should the nurse administer?

The patient is to receive 7.5 mg of a medication PO daily. The pharmacy sends a bottle of scored tablets with the dosage strength of 15 mg per tablet. The nurse sets up a proportion to solve a calculation for this ordered dose. Identify the setup for the unknown ratio.

The medication order is for 325 mg of an oral suspension twice daily. The nurse correctly indicates that _________grams is the equivalent measurement.

In reading the following medication orders, which order requires further clarification?

The patient is to take 10 mEq of potassium gluconate PO daily. The medication bottle is labeled 20 mEq per 15 mL. The patient's wife asks the home health nurse how many teaspoons of potassium gluconate she should give her husband. The nurse sets up the following proportion:

20 mEq: 15 mL:: 10 mEq: x mL

The nurse solves for x mL, then converts the answer to tsp using a conversion chart. The nurse instructs the patient's wife to administer _______ to her husband daily.

The instructions on the medication bottle state for the patient to take 10 mL of Vibramycin oral suspension twice a day. The nurse informs the patient that _____ is equivalent to 10 mL.

Which of the following best describes the "right documentation" of medication administration?

The patient has a medication bottle that says "Each tablet contains 750 mcg of medication." The pharmacist provides a refill of the same medication with the information "Each tablet contains 0.75 mg of medication." The nurse is correct to inform the patient that:

The nurse reads the following drug label:

Cyanocobalamin

Injection, USP

1,000 mcg per mL

For IM or SUBQ Use Only

1 mL Multi-Dose Vial

Contains a preservative.

Protect from light.

The nurse demonstrates safe practice when the routes of administration are identified as:

The patient is ordered 25 mg of an oral tablet every 12 hours. The drug bottle lists "50- mg scored tablets" on the label. Which statement, made by the nurse, provides accurate instruction to the patient?

The nurse is reviewing a metric to household equivalent measurement conversion chart. Which of the following written equivalent measurements would the nurse question?