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javeds

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A nurse is to administer 1 (1.5) mg of a medication to a client, and the medication is available as  (0.33) mg scored tablets. How many tablets should the nurse give to administer the prescribed dose?
 
  A) 4 tablets
  B) 4 tablets
  C) 5 tablets
  D) 5 tablets

Question 2

The nurse is teaching a novice nurse how to calculate medications by changing fractions into percentages. How can the percentage designated by any fraction be determined?
 
  A) Divide the denominator by the numerator.
  B) Divide the numerator by the denominator.
  C) Multiply the denominator by the numerator.
  D) Multiply the numerator by the denominator.


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momtoalll

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Reply #1 on: Jul 17, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
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The nurse should administer 4 tablets to give 1 mg of the medication. The nurse should use the formula method, following the rules for dividing fractions. The nurse should invert the divisor, multiply it by the dividend, and reduce the fraction to its lowest terms. Therefore, 3/2  3/1 is equal to 9/2 or 4 and not 4, 5, or 5 tablets.

Answer to Question 2

B
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The nurse can also determine the percentage designated by any fraction by dividing the numerator by the denominator.  = 3 divided by 4 = 75


javeds

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Reply 2 on: Jul 17, 2018
Wow, this really help

raili21

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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