A physician orders Tylenol 3 (codeine/APAP) 30 mg by mouth every 4-6 hours as needed for pain. The nurse has Tylenol 3 available as 30/300 mg tablets. How many tablets should the nurse administer to the patient?

0.1 tablets

0.5 tablets

1 tablet

3 tablets

Answer and Explanation

The Correct Answer is C

The Tylenol 3 medication contains codeine 30 mg and acetaminophen (APAP) 300 mg per tablet.

The physician has ordered Tylenol 3 30 mg every 4-6 hours as needed for pain. Therefore, the nurse should administer 1 tablet (containing 30 mg of codeine and 300 mg of APAP) every 4-6 hours as needed for pain..

It is important to note that the maximum daily dose of acetaminophen is 4,000 mg. Therefore, the nurse should monitor the total daily dose of acetaminophen the patient receives from all sources to ensure it does not exceed 4,000 mg.

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Correct Answer is A

Explanation

To calculate the time it will take to finish the infusion, we can use the formula:

Time = Volume / Rate

Plugging in the given values, we get:

Time = 1.5 L / 75 mL/hr Converting 1.5 L to mL, we get:

Time = 1500 mL / 75 mL/hr Simplifying, we get:

Time = 20 hours

Therefore, it will take 20 hours to finish the infusion at the current rate.

A. 9 hr and 15 min B. 9 hr and 24 min C. 9 hr and 30 min D. 9 hr and 40 min

Correct Answer is B

Explanation

We can use the following formula to calculate the infusion time:

Infusion time (in hours) = Remaining volume (in mL) / Infusion rate (in mL/hr)

First, let's convert the current time to minutes since we will be calculating the infusion time in minutes as well:

19:30 = 19 hours x 60 minutes/hour + 30 minutes = 1170 minutes Now we can substitute the given values into the formula:

Infusion time (in hours) = 376 mL / 40 mL/hr Infusion time (in hours) = 9.4 hours

To convert this to hours and minutes, we can separate the integer and decimal parts of the answer:

9 hours (integer part) and 0.4 hours x 60 minutes/hour = 24 minutes (decimal part)

Therefore, the infusion time is 9 hours and 24 minutes, and the infusion will finish at approximately 04:54 (19:30 + 9 hours and 24 minutes).

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A physician orders Tylenol 3 (codeine/APAP) 30 mg by mouth every 4-6 hours as needed for pain. The nurse has Tylenol 3 available as 30/300 mg tablets. How many tablets should the nurse administer to the patient?

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