Order: Vancomycin 400 mg IV every 12 hours for a child weighing 80 lbs. Recommended child dose is Vancomycin 40 mg/kg/day. Is this dose within the safe range? If not explain why not?
Order: Vancomycin 400 mg IV every 12 hours for a child weighing 80 lbs. Recommended child...
Vancomycin 250 mg/30 ml IV is ordered every 6 hours. The child weighs 17.3 kg. The recommended dose range is 40 mg/kg/day. The medication needs to be infused over one hour. a. Is this a safe dose? b. What rate would you set the syringe pump?
Order Ancef 200 mg IV q 4h for a child weighing 22 lbs. The recommended dose is 80 – 160 mg / kg / day Is the dose safe? Ancef is provided as 1 g in 10 mL How many mL would you draw up? You are to add the Ancef to 10 mL of IV fluid and infuse over ½ hour. How fast would you set the IVAC at?
1. Order: Ampicillin IVPB for a child weighing 55 lbs at a dosage of 20 mg/kg/day in 4 equally provided doses. a. How many mg per dose? b. Ampicillin is supplied as 250 mg in 1.5 mb Give 2. Order: Garamycin 35 mg IV q 6h for a child weighing 42 lb. a. The recommended dose is 6-7.5 mg/kg/day in equally divided doses. b. Is the order in the safe range? c. Garamycin is supplied as 80 mg/mbu 3. Order:...
Zofran 2.8 mg IV is ordered every 6 hours. The child weighs 47 kg. The recommended dose range is .06 mg/kg/dose every 4-6 hours prn. The medication concentration is 4 mg/2 ml. a. Is this a safe dose? b. How much medication would you give?
A child who weighs 64 lbs has an order for Amoxicillin 200 mg tid. The recommended dose range for this medication is 10-20 mg/kg/day. What is the child’s recommended daily dose range? __________ What is the individual dose range?______________ Is the order safe?__________________
Clindamycin 600 mg/50 ml IV every 8 hours is ordered. The child weighs 87.9 kg. The recommended dose range is 25-40 mg/kg/day. The medication needs to infuse over 30 minutes. a. Is this a safe dose? b. What rate would you set the syringe pump?
1. Order: Amoxicillin 500 mg po q12hr .child weighs 40 lbs. safe range is 20-30 mg/kg/24hr a. what is the safe 24 hours dose in mg? b. is the ordered dose safe for a 24 hours period? c. How many mg/ dose will the patient receive? 2 Order: phenytoin 60 mg po q 6 hr. Child weighs 57 lbs. The safe range is 8-10 mg/kg/24hr. a. What is the safe 24 hr dose in mg b Is the ordered dose...
8. A client is to receive Vancomycin. Recommended dosage for Vancomycin is 40mg/kg/day IV in divided doses every 6 hours. The client weighs 22 lb. How much Vancomycin should this client receive per dose? _________________ mg/dose (Round to whole number)
3. The physician orders Benadryl 25 mg IV 96 h for a child weighing 50 lb. You have available Benadryl 12.5 mg/mL. The recommended daily dosage for a child weighing more than 12 kg is 5 mg/kg/24 h in four divided doses, a. Child's weight is_ _kg. b. What is the safe recommended single dosage for this child? c. Is the order safe? d. If yes, how many milliliters will you prepare? 4. Calculate the 24-hour maintenance fluids for a...
Ceftriaxone 660 mg/ 50ml IV every 24 hours is ordered. The child weighs 13.3 kg. The recommended dose is 80-100mg/kg/day. Ceftriaxone needs to be infused over 30 minutes. a. Is this a safe dose? b. What rate would you set the syringe pump?