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anshika

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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?

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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.)
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CourtneyCNorton

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Reply #1 on: Jun 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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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.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 28, 2018
:D TYSM

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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