A client is to receive furosemide 60 mg every 12 hours. The drug is available in a concentration of 10 mg/mL, and based on the manufacturer's recommendations, the nurse plans to administer the dosage over 20 minutes. The nurse should set the infusion pump to deliver how many mL/hour?
(Enter numeric value only.)
The Correct Answer is ["18"]
The client is to receive furosemide 60 mg every 12 hours.
The drug is available in a concentration of 10 mg/mL, so the nurse should administer 6 mL of medication (60 mg / 10 mg/mL).
The nurse plans to administer the dosage over 20 minutes, so the infusion rate should be 18 mL/hour (6 mL / (20 minutes / 60 minutes/hour)).
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Correct Answer is ["0.8"]
Explanation
To calculate the number of milliliters the nurse should administer, we can use the following formula:
Dose to administer = Ordered dose / Available dose
In this case, the ordered dose is 300 mg and the available dose is 1 g/2.5 mL. We can calculate the dose to administer as follows:
300 mg / 1000 mg/2.5 mL = 0.75 mL.
Rounded off: 0.8mL
Correct Answer is ["1.85"]
Explanation
The healthcare provider prescribes lorazepam at a dose of 50 mcg/kg intramuscularly 2 hours before a scheduled procedure for a client who weighs 74 kg.
The client should receive 3700 mcg of lorazepam (50 mcg/kg * 74 kg). Since 1 mg is equivalent to 1000 mcg, 3700 mcg is equivalent to 3.7 mg.
The medication is available in a 2 mg/mL vial, so the nurse should administer 1.85 mL of medication (3.7 mg / 2 mg/mL).
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