The physician has ordered 140 mg of ampicillin for an infant to ...

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The physician has ordered 140 mg of ampicillin for an infant to be administered intramuscularly (IM). The nurse reads the vial and determines that there is 0.25 kg in 5 mL. How many mL of medication will the nurse prepare?
 
  1. 7 mL
  2. 0.07 mL
  3. 2.8 mL
  4. 0.28 mL

Question 2

The nurse teaches adolescents that which method of birth control is 100 effective?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: In order to calculate the proper dosage, 0.25 kg must be converted to mg to match the ordered dosage. 0.25kg = 250 mg. 250 mg/5 mL = 140 mg/x; cross-multiply, yielding 250x = 700. Divide both sides by 250, yielding x = 2.8 mL.

Answer to Question 2

Abstinence
Rationale : No contraceptive is 100 effective 100 of the time. The only form of birth control that is 100 effective is abstinence.

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