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Ordered: 200 mg of a medication PO stat. Supplied as 0.1 g oral tablets.
 
  a. Write the appropriate conversion formula: How many tablets will you give?
 b. Estimated dose: (Move the decimal point to estimate.)
  c. Verify with a DA-style equation:
  d. Evaluation:

Question 2

Name six basic patient rights.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a. 1000 mg = 1 g
b. Estimate: Give 2 (100 mg) tablets. (0.1 g = 0.100.mg)
c. Tablets =
d. Estimate supports the answer.

Answer to Question 2

Right patient, right drug, right dose, right time, right route, and right documentation. There is one additional patient right: right to refuse.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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