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1. doctor's order: give tetracycline syrup 150mg PO once daily. medication labels says tetracycline syrup 50/mL....

1. doctor's order: give tetracycline syrup 150mg PO once daily. medication labels says tetracycline syrup 50/mL. how many ml should be administered per day?

2.Doctor's order: Meperidine 20mg IM q4h prn for pain. Child is rating pain 8/10 based off the FACES scale. medication label states Meperidine 40mg/ml. How many mL would you give for one dose?

3.Doctor's order: Heparin 3,000units subcutaneously now. Medication label reals 5,000 units/mL. How many milliliters will be administered for this patient?

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1. Tetracyline 150 mg PO once daily is the order. Available does is 50 mg / ml. Hence 3 ml to be given per day.

2. Order is Meperidine 20 mg every 4th hourly for pain. Available dose is 40 mg/ ml. Hence 0.5 ml to be administered for one dose,

3. Order is 3000 units S/C. Available is 5000 units/ml. Hence 0.6 ml to be administered.


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