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Order: Aminophyllin 25 mg PO q 8h
Recommended: 3-6 mg/kg/day in divided doses q 8h
Child's Weight: 35 pounds
Available: Aminophyllin 125 mg/5ml
What is the minimum recommended daily dose for this child?
Order: Digoxin (Lanoxin) elixir 0.06 mg q 12 h PO
Recommended: (under 2years of age) 0.01 to 0.02 mg/kg/day, in divided doses q12 h
Child's weight: 20 pound, 11 month-old child
Available Lanoxin elixir 0.05 mg per ml.
What is the minimum and maximum safe and effective single dose for this child? (to the nearest hundredth)
Child weight: 66 pounds
What is the minimum and maximum amount of milligrams of Ampicillin that the patient should receive per dose?
What is the resulting dosage strength after reconstitution?
Check to make sure that you labeled all answers as to unit of measurement and route. Order: Amoxicillin 125 mg PO q 8h (Refer to medication label)
Explanation
The label explicitly states: "When reconstituted each 5 mL will contain: 125 mg Amoxicillin as the trihydrate." The instruction for use confirms this: "Each 5 mL will then contain Amoxicillin trihydrate equivalent to 125 mg Amoxicillin." The resulting dosage strength, which is the concentration of the drug per unit volume, is therefore 125 mg per 5 mL.
What type of diluent will you use to reconstitute this drug?
Order: Amoxicillin 125 mg PO q 8h (Refer to medication label)
Child's Weight: 27.5 pounds
Explanation
The medication label for Amoxicillin For Oral Suspension provides the reconstitution instructions: "Add 85 mL of sterile water for reconstitution, shake vigorously." Therefore, sterile water is the specific diluent required for safe and proper preparation of the oral suspension.
A patient has a continuously running peripheral intravenous (IV) infusion. The physician orders the addition of an antibiotic as a piggyback infusion 4 times a day. What should the nurse do in order to administer the antibiotic safely?
A risk for physical drug incompatibilities when the patient has a saline lock is reduced when.
The physician has ordered Tramadol 25 mg PO q6h. The nurse has available Toradol 10 mg PO tablets. The nurse will administer:
How many ml of diluent must be added?
Check to make sure that you labeled all answers as to unit of measurement and route.
Explanation
The medication label for Amoxicillin For Oral Suspension provides the reconstitution instructions: "Add 85 mL of sterile water for reconstitution, shake vigorously." The volume of diluent is the amount of liquid (sterile water) added to the powder to create the final solution.
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