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You need to look at the concentration of what you have to find out the volume you need to give you that weight. If it is quoted as % weight per volume, it will be grams/100ml. Please do not proceed without checking with someone if you are unsure as I assume someone's life may be in your hands
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Morphine sulfate 6 mg is ordered in a patient with heart failure It is supplied as 10 mg per ml How many mL should the nurse administer?
The nurse should administer 0.6 mL of morphine sulfate to deliver 6 mg of the medication to the patient (6 mg divided by 10 mg/mL).
Ordered gr ss on hand 300mg 10mL How many mL's do you need?
ordered gr ss on hand 300mg/ 10mL how many mL's do you need
The physician has ordered 50 mg of Demerol be given to a patient The concentration on hand is 100ml How many cc?
The question can't be answered with the information given. "100 ml" is a volume, not a concentration.
The physician ordered 0.5g of streptomycin IM Available is 3 mL vial of the drug containing 1g How many mL should you give?
1.5 ml
When a dosage of 8.0 gram has been ordered and the strength available is 1 gram in 205 ml how many ml are there?
Multiply 205 ml by 8. So 205 * 8 = 1640 ml.
A patient drank 1250 mL of water. How many liters is this?
1250 mL is equal to 1.25 liters.
How many ml if the label reads 400mcgml and 6 have been ordered?
We are missing one important fact: How many doses are in one bottle? How big is the bottle? If 400mgc per ml and the bottle has 3 ml the answer would be different if the bottle was 10 ml.
If 45 mg of a medicine is ordered and the drug is available in 75mgml how many ml?
You should calculate this way : 75 mg = 1 ml 45 mg = ? ml ( 45 mg x 1ml ) / 75 mg = 0,6 ml
If the physician orders 30 mg of Lasix IM and only have Lasix 40 mg mL on hand How many mL will be given to an adult patient?
10
Tylenol elixir is stocked on the ward in a bottle labeled 160mg per teaspoon how many ml will you administer for the ordered dose?
5ml
Dr ordered 30mg of Thoazine IM. The available concentration is 25mg per ml. How many ml will you give?
You would give 1.2 ml of Thorazine IM to achieve a dose of 30mg. This is calculated by dividing the desired dose (30mg) by the concentration available (25mg/ml).
The patient is to receive 375000 units of Pcn and the vial comes 0.5 units per ml. How much should the patient get in ml?
(375,000 units) / (0.5 units per ml) = 750,000 ml= 750 liters = roughly 198 gallons. Start drinking.
