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Jramos095

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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?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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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.

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30,000 units


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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
:D TYSM

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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