ATI Dosage Calculation:
Pediatric Medications
A nurse is preparing to administer dexamethasone 0.3 mg/kg/day PO divided in equal
doses every 12 hr to a school-age child who weighs 50 lb. Available is dexamethasone
oral solution 0.5 mg/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose?
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ATI Dosage Calculation: Pediatric Medications A nurse is preparing to administer dexamethasone 0.3 mg/kg/day PO divided in equal doses every 12 hr to a school -age child who weighs 50 lb. Available is dexamethasone oral solution 0.5 mg/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? 34 mL A nurse is caring for a preschool -age child who weighs 18 kg. What is the child's daily maintenance fluid requirement? 1400 mL/day A nurse is preparing to administer 2 mg/kg/dose PO every 8 hr to an infant who weighs 12 lb. Available is furosemide oral sol ution 10 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? 1.1 mL A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride (0.9% NaCl) 6 mL/kg IV to infuse over 2 hr to an infant who weighs 8 kg. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many m L/hr? 24 mL/hr A charge nurse is reviewing techniques for the safe administration of medications to children with a newly licensed nurse.Which of the following statements should the nurse make? "Confirm chemotherapy medication dosages using a body surface area nomogram." A nurse is caring for an infant who weighs 6 kg. What is the infant's daily maintenance fluid requirement? 600 mL/day A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about administering IM injections to children. Which of the following statemen ts should the nurse make? "Do not inject more than 1 millimeter for an intramuscular injection in infants." A nurse is preparing to administer dextrose 5% in water (D5W) 20 mL/kg IV to infuse over 4 hr to an adolescent who weighs 57 kg. The nurse should se t the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr? 285 mL/hr A nurse is converting an infant's weight from lb to kg. If the infant weighs 9lb 4 oz. What is the infant's weigh in kg 4.2 kg
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