A client is prescribed to receive ampicillin oral suspension 500 ...

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A client is prescribed to receive ampicillin oral suspension 500 mg PO every 6 hours. The medication available is 250 mg/mL. How many mL of the medication will the nurse provide for each dose? Round to the nearest whole number.
 
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Question 2

Write the metric measure using official abbreviations and notation rules: one hundred milliliters __________
 
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Answer to Question 1

2 mL

Global Rationale: mL/dose: 1 mL/250 mg x 500 mg/1 dose. Multiply the numerators (1 x 500 = 500). Multiply the denominators (250 x 1 = 250). 500/250 = 2 mL/dose.

Answer to Question 2

100 mL