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SAUNDERS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW FOR THE Home History Exam-100 Mode Question 96 of 100 A health care providers prescription reads hydralazine 5 mg intravenously stat. The medication label reads hydralazine 20 mg/mL. The nurse prepares how many milliliters of the medication to administer the correct dose? Fill in the blank

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Medicine : Hydralazine

Route:IV

Dose:5mg

Available 20mg/ml ( that is 1ml=20mg)

To get the available dose of 5mg simply cross multiply and divide

1ml=20mg Hydralazine

?=5mg

=0.25ml (5×1÷20)

The nurse should take 0.25ml to get the desired dose

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