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Yolanda

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The physician orders carvedilol 25 mg oral twice a day for a patient with hypertension. The medication is supplied as carvedilol 25 mg per tablet. How many tablets of carvedilol would the patient receive with each dose? _________
 
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The patient has vancomycin 1250 mg ordered IV once daily for an infection. The vancomycin is available in 250 mL of NS and should infuse over 2 hours.
 
  Using tubing with a 20 gtt/mL drop factor, how many drops per minute should the vancomycin be infused? __________ Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


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Smiles0805

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

1 tablet

Answer to Question 2

42 gtt/min


Yolanda

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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