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Haya94

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A client is prescribed 100 mg of phenytoin (Dilantin) by mouth and the medication available is 20 mg per caplet. How many caplets will the nurse provide the client for each dose?
 
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 7
  4. 9

Question 2

Write the metric measure using official abbreviations and notation rules: fifty micrograms __________
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


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Briannahope

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

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Rationale 1: Caps/dose = 1 cap/20 mg x 100 mg/1 dose. Multiply the numerators (1 x 100 = 100). Multiply the denominators (20 x 1 = 20). 100/20 = 5 caps/dose.

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50 mcg


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

deja

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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