ATI PN Dosage Calculations. Adult medical surgical proctored assessment 3.1
ATI PN Dosage Calculations. Adult medical surgical proctored assessment 3.1 ( 25 Questions)
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Question 20 :
A nurse is preparing to administer lisinopril 2.5 mg PO to an older adult client. Available is lisinopril 5 mg tablets. How many tablets should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)
Correct Answer: ["0.5"]
To calculate the correct dosage of lisinopril for an older adult client, the nurse should divide the prescribed dose by the available dose and multiply by one tablet.
In this case, the nurse should divide 2.5 mg by 5 mg and multiply by one tablet, which gives 0.5 tablet.
Therefore, the nurse should administer 0.5 tablet of lisinopril 5 mg to the client.