please show calculations Q6. The child weighs 4.8 kg and the physician order reads “Administer Digoxin 1.5...

please show calculations

Q6. The child weighs 4.8 kg and the physician order reads “Administer Digoxin 1.5 mg PO every 8 hours”. The safe therapeutic dosage range for Digoxin is 800 - 1000 mcg/kg/day. What is the therapeutic safe dosage range (in mg) in a day?

Q7. The child weighs 4.8 kg and the physician order reads “Administer Digoxin 1.5 mg PO every 8 hours”. The safe range for Digoxin is 800 - 1000 mcg/kg/day. Is this ordered drug within the therapeutic safe dosage range?

Q8. The toddler weighs 40 lbs and the physician order reads “Administer Codeine 1.5 mg po now." The safe range for oral Codeine is 0.5 mg- 1.5 mg/kg/day every 4hr prn. What is the safe therapeutic dose range (in mg) in one day for this child?

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