The nurse prepare to irrigate a client's wound with 500 mL of 1/5 ...

[Jramos095]

The nurse prepare to irrigate a client's wound with 500 mL of 1/5 strength of hydrogen peroxide. How much hydrogen peroxide should the nurse use when preparing this solution?
 
  1. 50 mL
  2. 100 mL
  3. 150 mL
  4. 200 mL

Question 2

Express the dosage using the official symbol/abbreviation: thirty thousand units
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[macagnavarro]

Answer to Question 1

2

Rationale 1: The nurse should use the equation 500 mL (1/5 strength) = mL full strength hydrogen peroxide. When solving the equation, 500/5 = 100 mL. The nurse would use 100 mL of full strength hydrogen peroxide to make the solution.

Answer to Question 2

30,000 units

[Jramos095]

Excellent

[rachel]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it