A nurse calculates the pediatric patient's medication dosage using Clark's rule and uses what formula?
A) Infant's age in months/150 months times the average adult dose
B) Child's age in years/child's age in years plus 12 times the average adult dose
C) Weight of child in pounds/150 pounds times the average adult dose
D) Surface area in square meters/1.73 times the average adult dose
Question 2
A patient presents at the clinic with signs and symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis. The patient is prescribed a nasal steroid to relieve symptoms.
Two days later, the patient calls the clinic and tells the nurse that he is frustrated and wants a new drug. What is the most appropriate response by the nurse? A) It may take up to 2 weeks to get the full clinical effect. Try to keep using the drug as ordered.
B) The drug must not work for you. Let's change to an oral steroid.
C) You probably are administering the drug incorrectly. Come in and we can review the process.
D) You probably need to try a different nasal steroid. This one should be effective by now.
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Right-hand Rule