WGU Hesi Med Surg

WGU Hesi Med Surg ( 53 Questions)

A patient receives a prescription for warfarin 2 mg IM daily. The pharmacy delivers a vial labeled, warfarin 5 mg/single-use vial. The instructions read, reconstitute with 2.7 mL of sterile water for injection to yield 2 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Enter the numerical value only.)



Correct Answer: ["1 mL"]

First, we need to find out how many mg of warfarin are in one vial. Since the vial is labeled 5 mg/single-use, we can assume that it contains 5 mg of warfarin.

 

Next, we need to find out how many mL of solution are in one vial. Since the instructions say to reconstitute with 2.7 mL of sterile water for injection to yield 2 mg/mL, we can use the following formula:

 

Amount of solution= amount of water + amount of warfarin

 

Substituting the given values, we get:

 

Amount of solution = 2.7 + 5 =7.7 mL

 

Now, we need to find out how many mL of solution contain 2 mg of warfarin, which is the prescribed dose for the patient. We can use the following formula:

 

mL of solution = mg of warfarin/ concentration of warfarin

 

Substituting the given values, we get:

 

mL of solution = 2/2 = 1 mL

 

Therefore, the nurse should administer 1 mL of solution to the patient.

 




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