Dosage Calculation RN Maternal Newborn Proctored Assessment 3.1
Dosage Calculation RN Maternal Newborn Proctored Assessment 3.1 ( 37 Questions)
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Question 19 :
A nurse is preparing to administer digoxin 0.25 mg PO to a client who has heart failure and is at 35 weeks of gestation. Available is digoxin 0.125 mg tablets. How many tablets should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)
Correct Answer: ["0.125"]
To calculate the number of tablets to administer, you need to divide the prescribed dose by the available dose. In this case, the prescribed dose is 0.25 mg and the available dose is 0.125 mg. Therefore, the number of tablets is:
0.25 mg / 0.125 mg = 2 tablets
The nurse should administer 2 tablets of digoxin 0.125 mg to the client.