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The physician has ordered the postoperative four-year-old child to receive hydromorphine (Dilaudid) intravenously. The drug book lists a therapeutic range for Dilaudid to be 0.01 to 0.015 mg/kg/dose every three to four hours.
 
  What would be the maximum therapeutic dose of Dilaudid if the child weighs 30 pounds? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. Standard Text:

Question 2

The nurse is teaching a teenage client newly diagnosed with type 1diabetes about complications of the disease. The nurse explains that clients with type 1 diabetes can avoid lipoatrophy by:
 
  1. Rotating injection sites.
  2. Checking blood sugars at mealtime and bedtime.
  3. Using a sliding scale for additional coverage.
  4. Administration of insulin via insulin pump.



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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale : Your answer should have a 0 in front of the decimal and no 0 after the 2. Otherwise, you may contribute to a medication error.
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Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: Lipoatrophy is caused by using the same insulin injection site.
Rationale 2: Checking blood sugars does not influence lipoatrophy.
Rationale 3: A sliding scale does not influence lipoatrophy.
Rationale 4: Insulin administration via pump doesn't influence lipoatrophy.
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audragclark

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Reply 2 on: Jun 28, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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