1. A nurse is preparing to administer Amoxicillin 7mg/kg/day PO divided equally every 6 hours to...

1. A nurse is preparing to administer Amoxicillin 7mg/kg/day PO divided equally every 6 hours to a school-aged who weighs 60 lbs. Amoxicillin oral solution 12.5mg/5ml is available.

a. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? Round your answer to the nearest whole number?

b. How many mL should the nurse administer for one day? Round your answer to the nearest whole number?

2. A nurse is preparing to administer Lanoxin 0.025mg/kg/day PO divided equally every 8 hours to an infant who weighs 10kg. Digoxin oral solution 0.15mg/1 ml is available.

a. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? Round your answer to the nearest tenth?

b. How many mL should the nurse administer for one day? Round your answer to the nearest tenth?

3. You are asked to administer 75mg of Cefaclor. You know that Lidocaine is packaged 125mg /5 ml in 10ml/vial prefilled syringe. How many vial of Lidocaine will administer?

4. Diabetic patient needs to administer 75units of Insulin 4 times a day. The preparation is 100units/1.5 ml. In one vial you have 3ml. How many vial/s does the patient needs in 1 day?

Expert Solution

1. Order is 7mg/kg/day. The patient weighs 60 lbs that is 27.21 kg. The dose to be divided every 6 hours.

Amoxicillin available solution is 12.5mg/5 ml. For 27.21 kg it is 190.47 mg/day. 47.62 mg for every 6 hours.

12.5 mg is for 5 ml hence 19.05 ml for every 6 hours. 76.18 ml for 24 hours.

2. Digoxin available dose is 0.15mg/1 ml. Dose to be administered is 0.025mg/kg/day. divided for 8 hours. The weight of the infant is 10 kg. 0.25 mg/ day to be administered for a day. For 8 hours, 0.08 mg for 8 hour.

0.25 mg for 24 hours, that is 1.67 ml for 24 hours and 0.55 ml for every 8hours.

4. 75 units of insulin 4 times a day. Available dose is 100 units/1.5 ml in a vial of 3 ml. Hence 1.125 ml is available fo 75 units. This has to be administered 4 times that is 4.5 ml. Each vial has 3 ml. So 1 and half vial ever day

3. Question 3 has the dose available for lidocaine but the dose to be administered is Cefaclor which is a cephalosporin. So kindly cross check the medication that has to be administered..

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