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QUESTION 4 A child weighing 40 kg is prescribed to receive erythromycin 150 mg IV. The medication available is 500 mg to be diluted with 10 ml sterile water. The dose is further diluted in 100 mL 0.9% normal saline. What is the total volume of the fluid in the volume control chamber that the nurse will infuse in the child? 100 ml 97 ml 110 mL 103 mL QUESTION 5 A child weighing 44 lbs. is prescribed to receive vancomycin hydrochloride (Vancocin) 30 mg/kg/day in divided doses every 6 hours. The nurse is using a volume controlled chamber to administer the medication and the medication available is 1 g/20 ml. How many mL of fluid will the nurse need to add to the volume controlled chamber to equal 100 mL? 88 ml 131 ml 112 ml 97 ml QUESTION 6 A child with a BSA of 1.06 m2 is prescribed idarubicin (ldamycin PFS) 12 mg/m2How many milligrams of the medication will the child receive in each dose? 1.272 mg 12.72 mg 0.01272 mg 0.1272 mg

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cans 4 ordered dose = 150 mg. Available dose is : 500 mg / 10ml Do. I af 500 mg in somi Then 150 mg in xml ²500 xx = 10x150 * x = 1800 - 3ml 2. Dose= 3500 The dose has to be further diluted in 100 ml 0.9% NS. 1. Total volume in = 100+ 3 = 103 m) volume control chamber Ans.

Ans 5 weight of child = 44 lbs (e by 2.2 to comest it in k = 44 - 20kg 2.2 Recommended dose = 30mg/kg liday. available dose = 1 g/com! = 1ooomg /2001 - as lg = 1000 mg) ent dase - weight x Recommended dose = 202 30 = 600 mg lif 1000 mg in 20 ml Then 600 mg in xml i 1000 xa = 20 X 600 x = 20 x 600 = 12 m/ 100a The chamber has to be completely filled by 100 ml To equal loom1 = 100ml - 12ml chamber to = 88ml Ans. 1.88 ml solution will the morse need to add to the volume controlled chamber to equal 100ML cans of child's BSA = 1.06 m². Recommended dose = 12 mg/m2 child's dose - weightlos Recommended dose = 1006 12 12.72 child's dose = 12.72 mg