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cnetterville

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The physician orders paclitaxel (Taxol) 135 mg/m2 to be administered over 24 hours. The client's body surface area is 1.62 m2. The medication is supplied 6 mg/mL. How many mL would you administer?
 
  1. 1312.2 mL
  2. 13.9 mL
  3. 36.5 mL
  4. 0.14 mL

Question 2

A patient's outpatient surgery is scheduled to begin at 1500 . The patient is to be instructed to register at the outpatient surgery desk two hours before the scheduled time for the surgery.
 
  Using traditional time, state the time at which the patient should arrive for registration.


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lorealeza

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

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Global Rationale: The correct dose for a client with a body surface area of 1.62 m2 = 135  1.62 = 218.7 mg.

Answer to Question 2

1500 = 3:00 PM
Two hours before 3:00 PM is 1:00 PM


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

Liamb2179

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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