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giving small amount of Morphine ??

Hi all,

I just have a quick question. I want to make sure my thinking is correct. Here is the example: Order 4mg IV. On hand 10mg/ml. Which would make it .4cc's. To make it easier to give, I could take a 10cc NS and waste 1cc of NS and draw up the 1cc of med, I will then give 4cc's of the med. The formula I am using is D/H X V. I know that there are several ways to give small amounts of med but I just want to know if this method is correct. Thanks ahead for your reply's.

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It is safer to draw up the 0.4 mL of the Morphine first and then mix it in whatever amount of NS you want to put it into and then give it as an IV push. One hospital that I worked in would not permit us to give direct IV pushes of any medication on the regular nursing units. It was hospital nursing policy. We had to put all IV medications into 50 mL bags of NS or D5W and hang them as IV piggybacks on IV lines.

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Thank you for your reply. I am working in a same day surgery center. I would agree with you. I usually draw the dosage amount up first, then add it to the NS. A nurse had drawn up the full 1 ml of the med and added it to the 9mls of NS. I just wanted to know if this was done and if I calculated it right.

Hi all,

I just have a quick question. I want to make sure my thinking is correct. Here is the example: Order 4mg IV. On hand 10mg/ml. Which would make it .4cc's. To make it easier to give, I could take a 10cc NS and waste 1cc of NS and draw up the 1cc of med, I will then give 4cc's of the med. The formula I am using is D/H X V. I know that there are several ways to give small amounts of med but I just want to know if this method is correct. Thanks ahead for your reply's.

Ok--if you are trying to give 4mg of the med--you'd need to draw that up then add whatever you were using to dilute. Simply draw 4 from the 10 on hand.

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