Drug abc has the following dosing guidelines: Initiate therapy at 6-8 mg/kg/day IV once daily for 2 days, then decrease dosage by 25% for days 3 and 4, then discontinue. The prescriber has ordered an initial dose of 7 mg/kg/day IV for a 48 YO 189 lb male. The drug is available in 10 mL vials labeled 100 mg/mL. a) How many mL will you administer on day 1? b) How many mL will you administer on day 3? (Assume patient’s weight has not changed.) Wojcik, Bradley J.; Hassen, Chase. Dosage Calculations for Nursing Students: Master Dosage Calculations The Safe & Easy Way Without Formulas! (Dosage Calculation Success Series Book 1) (p. 62). Nurse Superhero. Kindle Edition.
Drug abc has the following dosing guidelines: Initiate therapy at 6-8 mg/kg/day IV once daily for 2 days, then decrease dosage by 25% for days 3 and 4, then discontinue. The prescriber has ordered an initial dose of 7 mg/kg/day IV for a 48 YO 189 lb male. The drug is available in 10 mL vials labeled 100 mg/mL. a) How many mL will you administer on day 1? b) How many mL will you administer on day 3? (Assume patient’s weight has not changed.) Wojcik, Bradley J.; Hassen, Chase. Dosage Calculations for Nursing Students: Master Dosage Calculations The Safe & Easy Way Without Formulas! (Dosage Calculation Success Series Book 1) (p. 62). Nurse Superhero. Kindle Edition.
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Drug abc has the following dosing guidelines: Initiate therapy at 6-8 mg/kg/day IV once daily for 2 days, then decrease dosage by 25% for days 3 and 4, then discontinue. The prescriber has ordered an initial dose of 7 mg/kg/day IV for a 48 YO 189 lb male. The drug is available in 10 mL vials labeled 100 mg/mL. a) How many mL will you administer on day 1? b) How many mL will you administer on day 3? (Assume patient’s weight has not changed.)
Wojcik, Bradley J.; Hassen, Chase. Dosage Calculations for Nursing Students: Master Dosage Calculations The Safe & Easy Way Without Formulas! (Dosage Calculation Success Series Book 1) (p. 62). Nurse Superhero. Kindle Edition.
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