The healthcare provider prescribes 15 mg IV of ketorolac (Toradol) for a patient who has recently undergone a spinal fusion. The nurse has a 5-milliliter (mL) ampule containing 60 mg of ketorolac.
How many milliliters of ketorolac does the nurse need to withdraw from the syringe?
_____ mL
Calculate the exact dose.
Question 2
The healthcare provider prescribes 2.5 mg IV of morphine sulfate to be administered to a patient with a ruptured intervertebral disk whose pain has not been controlled with NSAIDs and muscle relaxants.
The nurse has a 1 milliliter (mL) syringe containing 10 mg of morphine sulfate. How many milliliters of morphine sulfate does the nurse need to withdraw from the syringe?
_____ mL
Calculate the exact dosage.
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