Hesi Medical Dosage Calculation
Hesi Medical Dosage Calculation ( 53 Questions)
The healthcare provider prescribes enoxaparin 1 mg/kg subcutaneously every 12 hours for a client who weighs 132 pounds. The medication is available in 60 mg/0.6 mL prefilled syringe. How many mL should the nurse administer per day? (Enter numerical value only.)
To find out how many mL of enoxaparin to administer per day, we need to first convert the client's weight from pounds to kilograms, since the prescription is based on kg. To do this, we multiply 132 pounds by 0.454, which gives us 59.928 kg.
Then, we multiply this by the prescribed dose (1 mg/kg) to get the dose per 12 hours, which is 59.928 mg.
Next, we divide this by the concentration of the prefilled syringe (60 mg/0.6 mL) to get the volume to administer per 12 hours, which is 0.59928 mL. We can round this up to 0.6 mL as the answer.
Finally, we multiply this by the number of doses per day (2) to get the total volume to administer per day, which is 1.2 mL as the answer.