The physician orders vancomycin hydrochloride 2 g/day by mouth in 4 divided doses.

The pharmacy fills the client's prescription with 500 mg vancomycin hydrochloride capsules.

The nurse should instruct the client to take______capsule(s) per dose.

Answer and Explanation

The Correct Answer is ["1"]

The physician has ordered a total of 2 g/day of vancomycin hydrochloride to be taken in 4 divided doses.

This means that each dose should be 2 g/day ÷ 4 = 0.5 g/dose.

Since the pharmacy has filled the prescription with 500 mg capsules, and 500 mg is equivalent to 0.5 g, the client should take 1 capsule per dose.

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Correct Answer is B

Explanation

To calculate the volume of cefixime oral suspension that the nurse should administer, you need to divide the prescribed dose (200 mg) by the concentration of the suspension (100 mg/mL).
This gives you 200 mg ÷ 100 mg/mL = 2 mL.
Therefore, the nurse should administer 2 mL of cefixime oral suspension.
Choice A is incorrect because 1.9 mL would provide a dose of 190 mg.
Choice C is incorrect because 2.1 mL would provide a dose of 210 mg.
Choice D is incorrect because 2.2 mL would provide a dose of 220 mg.

Correct Answer is ["50"]

Explanation

To calculate the flow rate in gtt/min, you need to divide the total volume of the IV fluid (400 mL) by the total infusion time in minutes (8 hours x 60 minutes/hour = 480 minutes) and then multiply by the drop factor of the manual IV tubing (60 gtt/mL).

This gives you a flow rate of (400 mL / 480 minutes) x 60 gtt/mL = 50 gtt/min.

The other choices are not answers because they are not provided in the question.

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The physician orders vancomycin hydrochloride 2 g/day by mouth in 4 divided doses. The pharmacy fills the client's prescription with 500 mg vancomycin hydrochloride capsules. The nurse should instruct the client to take______capsule(s) per dose.

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A nurse is preparing to administer cefixime to a patient. The dose is 200 mg PO. Available is cefixime oral suspension 100 mg/mL. How many milliliters should the nurse administer? Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.

Correct Answer is B

Explanation

Correct Answer is ["50"]

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The physician orders vancomycin hydrochloride 2 g/day by mouth in 4 divided doses.

The pharmacy fills the client's prescription with 500 mg vancomycin hydrochloride capsules.

The nurse should instruct the client to take______capsule(s) per dose.