Author Question: The nurse prepare to irrigate a client's wound with 500 mL of 1/5 strength of hydrogen peroxide. How ... (Read 35 times)

Jramos095 · **on:** Jul 3, 2018

The nurse prepare to irrigate a client's wound with 500 mL of 1/5 strength of hydrogen peroxide. How much hydrogen peroxide should the nurse use when preparing this solution?

1. 50 mL
2. 100 mL
3. 150 mL
4. 200 mL

Question 2

Express the dosage using the official symbol/abbreviation: thirty thousand units

What will be an ideal response?

macagnavarro · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 3, 2018

Answer to Question 1

2

Rationale 1: The nurse should use the equation 500 mL (1/5 strength) = mL full strength hydrogen peroxide. When solving the equation, 500/5 = 100 mL. The nurse would use 100 mL of full strength hydrogen peroxide to make the solution.

Answer to Question 2

30,000 units