Author Question: A physician's prescription reads, ampicillin sodium 125 mg IV every 6 hours. The medication label ... (Read 109 times)

anshika · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

A physician's prescription reads, ampicillin sodium 125 mg IV every 6 hours. The medication label reads, 1 g = 7.4 ml. A nurse prepares to draw up _____ milliliters to administer one dose. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

A child with congestive heart failure is placed on a maintenance dosage of digoxin (Lanoxin). The dosage is 0.07 mg/kg/day, and the child's weight is 7.2 kg.

The physician prescribes the digoxin to be given once a day by mouth. Each dose will be _____ milligrams. (Record your answer below using one decimal place.)
What will be an ideal response?

CourtneyCNorton · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS:
0.93
Convert 1 g to milligrams. In the metric system, to convert larger to smaller, multiply by 1000 or move the decimal point three places to the right.
1 g = 1000 mg

Answer to Question 2

ANS:
0.5
Calculate the dosage by weight: 0.07 mg/day 7.2 kg = 0.5 mg/day.