As a camp nurse for 9 to 12-year-old children, you are administering 2 ½ teaspoons of oral liquid  Children’s Tylenol to 6 feverish campers every 4 hours for oral temperature above 100°F. You have on hand a 4 fluid ounce bottle of Children’s Tylenol. How many complete, or full, doses are available from this bottle? __________ full doses

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As a camp nurse for 9 to 12-year-old children, you are administering 2 ½ teaspoons of oral liquid  Children’s Tylenol to 6 feverish campers every 4 hours for oral temperature above 100°F. You have on hand a 4 fluid ounce bottle of Children’s Tylenol. How many complete, or full, doses are available from this bottle?

__________ full doses

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Given:-

2.5 teaspoons to

6 feverish campers every

4 hours I.e., 6 times a day 

So, 1 teaspoon = 5 ml

2.5 x 5 = 12.5 ml

2.5 teaspoons = 12.5ml

1 ounce of fluid= 30ml

4x30 = 120ml

4 fluid ounce bottle= 120ml

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