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Using conversion factors, solve each of the following clinical problems: a. The physic...

Using conversion factors, solve each of the following clinical problems:

a. The physician has ordered 1.0 g of tetracycline to be given every six hours to a patient. If your stock on hand is 500-mg tablets, how many will you need for one day’s treatment?

b. An intramuscular medication is given at 5.00 mg / kg of body weight. What is the dose for a 180-lb patient?

c. A physician has ordered 0.50 mg of atropine, intramuscularly. If atropine were available as 0.10 mg /mL of solution, how many milliliters would you need to give?

d. During surgery, a patient receives 5.0 pt of plasma. How many milliliters of plasma were given?

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