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A patient with anemia has Epogen 7500 units subcutaneous every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The medication is supplied in 10,000 units per 1-mL vials. How many milliliters would the nurse administer with each dose? __________
 
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Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Nesiritide is ordered to infuse at 0.01 mcg/kg/min for a patient with congestive heart failure. The nesiritide is available in a 1.5 mg/250 mL D5W concentration.
 
  How many milliliters per hour should the nesiritide infuse for an 80-kg patient? ________________ Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


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

0.75 mL

Answer to Question 2

8 mL/h


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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Gracias!

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