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For the following problems, determine the safe dosage range of the medication. Round all answers along the way to the nearest hundredth (includes patient weight conversions to kg). Then, determine if the ordered dose is safe and explain why or why not. Then, only if the ordered dose is safe, determine how much (amount/volume) of the drug the nurse should administer per dose (round these answers to the nearest tenth). Order: docusate (Colace) 10 mg POBID Patient: 6.7 kg; 5 months old Supply: 20 mg/5 mL Literature: Infants and children less than 3 years old: 10 to 40 mg/day   Order: vancomycin (Vancocin) 55mgIVQ8Hin 12mLD51/2NS Patient: 5.5 kg Supply: 500 mg powder in 10 mLsterile water for injection Literature: 10 mg/kg Q8H IV

For the following problems, determine the safe dosage range of the medication. Round all answers along the way to the nearest hundredth (includes patient weight conversions to kg). Then, determine if the ordered dose is safe and explain why or why not. Then, only if the ordered dose is safe, determine how much (amount/volume) of the drug the nurse should administer per dose (round these answers to the nearest tenth). Order: docusate (Colace) 10 mg POBID Patient: 6.7 kg; 5 months old Supply: 20 mg/5 mL Literature: Infants and children less than 3 years old: 10 to 40 mg/day   Order: vancomycin (Vancocin) 55mgIVQ8Hin 12mLD51/2NS Patient: 5.5 kg Supply: 500 mg powder in 10 mLsterile water for injection Literature: 10 mg/kg Q8H IV

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For the following problems, determine the safe dosage range of the medication. Round all answers along the way
to the nearest hundredth (includes patient weight conversions to kg). Then, determine if the ordered dose is safe
and explain why or why not. Then, only if the ordered dose is safe, determine how much (amount/volume) of the
drug the nurse should administer per dose (round these answers to the nearest tenth).

Order: docusate (Colace) 10 mg POBID
Patient: 6.7 kg; 5 months old
Supply: 20 mg/5 mL
Literature: Infants and children less than 3 years old: 10 to 40 mg/day

 

Order: vancomycin (Vancocin) 55mgIVQ8Hin 12mLD51/2NS
Patient: 5.5 kg
Supply: 500 mg powder in 10 mLsterile water for injection

Literature: 10 mg/kg Q8H IV

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