Author Question: A patient is to receive ticarcillin (Ticar) 3 g by intravenous piggyback. The solution you have is ... (Read 77 times)

clippers! · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A patient is to receive ticarcillin (Ticar) 3 g by intravenous piggyback. The solution you have is ticarcillin 200 mg/mL. How many milliliters of this solution will you add to the piggyback bag to make a dose of 3 g?

a. 3 mL
b. 5 mL
c. 10 mL
d. 15 mL

Question 2

A patient who has been prescribed amoxicillin (Amoxil) 250 mg orally every 8 hours asks if a higher dose of the drug just once a day can be taken instead. What is your best response?

a. Taking this drug every 8 hours helps keep the blood level of the drug high enough to affect the bacteria.
b. Giving the drug at regular intervals over a 24-hour period helps prevent side effects.
c. Let me contact your prescriber and ask whether the drug can be given once a day.
d. When given once a day, the dose is higher so allergic reactions are more common.