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Alainaaa8

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To determine proper drug dosages for children, calculations are most precisely made on the basis of the child's:
 
  1. Weight
  2. Height
  3. Age
  4. Body surface area

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The nurse is documenting administration of a medication that is given at 10:00 AM, 2:00 PM, and 6:00 PM. The medication that the nurse is documenting is:
 
  1. Morphine sulfate 10 mg q4h prn
  2. Inderal 10 mg PO bid
  3. Diazepam 5 mg PO tid
  4. Keflex 500 mg PO q8h



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Answer to Question 1

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The most accurate method of calculating pediatric doses is based on a child's body surface area.
Drug calculations are not most precise when made on the basis of a child's weight. Height and weight do not always correlate with the maturity of the child's organs, such as the liver for me-tabolizing a drug. Drug calculations are not most precise when made on the basis of a child's height. Drug calculations are not most precise when made on the basis of a child's age. Children vary widely in size and maturity for chronological age.

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The medication is being given 3 times a day, 4 hours apart. The medication the nurse is docu-menting is diazepam 5 mg PO tid. Although the medication is being given 4 hours apart, it is not being given every 4 hours. If it were given every 4 hours, it could be given 6 times in 24 hours, not 3, as with tid administration. Bid means twice a day. The client is receiving the medication 3 times a day. The medication is not administered every 8 hours.




Alainaaa8

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Wow, this really help

 

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