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A nurse is assigned to care for a pediatric patient. The most common method for calculating pediatric medication dosage is based on the child's:
 
  a. age.
  b. height.
  c. weight.
  d. body surface area.

Question 2

What should the nurse caring for a dying patient understand about the patient? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. The patient has the right to be in control.
  b. The patient must be compliant with his medical regimen.
  c. The patient should expect to be free from pain.
  d. The patient should be lied to so as to maintain his sense of hope.
  e. The patient has the right to die in peace and dignity.



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Answer to Question 1

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Different methods are used to calculate children's medication dosages. Most of the time, you use a child's weight to calculate the dose. You can use the ratio and proportion method, the formula method, or dimensional analysis to calculate a pediatric dose using body weight. Body surface area (BSA) is used in rare situations (e.g., determining chemotherapy doses). Refer to a pediatric or pharmacology resource and consult with a patient's health care provider or pharmacist if you have to calculate medications doses for a child. Age and height are not used directly in the cal-culation.

Answer to Question 2

A, C, E
The Dying Person's Bill of Rights states that the patient has the right to be treated as a living human being until he dies, be in control, express his feelings and emotions about his approaching death in his own way, be free from pain, have his questions answered honestly and not be de-ceived, and die in peace and dignity.





 

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