Question

Calculate the intake for Sarah: Sarah drinks 6 cups of water. 120 mL of both oftea. Calculate her total intake in ml? cup of chicken broth and 8 oz 47. The provider prescribes 1500mL of RL to run over 12 hours. The drip factor of the IV tubing is 60 gtts mL how many gtts/min should the nurse infuse? 48. A nurse is caring for a clt who has heart failure and a prescription for digoxin 125 mcg PO daily. Available is Digoxin PO.25 mg/tablet. How many tablets should the nurse administer per dose? 49. A nurse is preparing to administer amoxicillin 350 mg PO. Available is amoxicillin 250 mg/5mL. How many mL should the nurse administer?

Answer 1

46. one cup of water= 235 ml

6 cups= 235X6=ml=1410 ml

Broth= 120 ml

1 cup of chicken broth in ml= 100 ml and 1-15 ml spoon

1oz of tea= 30 ml

8 oz= 240ml

Hence total intake is about = 1870 ml

47. Order is 1500 ml of RL for 12 hrs

Drip factor=60gtts/ml

How many gtts/min nurse shoud use= Amt of fluid (ml)/ infusion time in min X drip factor in gtts/ml

= (1500/720) X 60

124.99= 125 gtts/min

48. ordered digoxin= 125 mcg po daily

po means orally

Available = 0.25 mg tablet

1mg= 1000mcg

0.25 mg= 0.25 X 1000= 250 mcg

The quired tablet to fulfill the order= 125 mg/250 mg= 0.5 tablet means half tablet

49. order= 350 mg po,

available 250 mg/5 ml

Means 50 mg/ml

for 350 mg required ml= 350/50= 7 ml