Math Question Help

Ok, let's start with the dose. What information do you need to determine your dose? It is orders in milligrams per square meters. What would you use to find the number of square meters? Then you will have what you need to calculate the dose you need to give your patient.

Next, you need to look at the drug you have on hand. In order to give the ordered dose, how much do you need to give?

Once you've done that, what do you think your next step would be?

I’ve worked this problem and I get the same answer you do. Even adjusting for different formulas for BSA and possible errors in the question I could not replicate any of the answers they got. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that there’s is an error on the website. If someone comes along and figures it out don’t feel bad. This isn’t my first rodeo and even I don’t know how they arrived at their answer. BTW, thank you for showing your work without complaint. Some people get very upset that we ask for it but we have a really good reason for asking that only benefits our student members here. You seem to have an excellent grasp on the med math concept. We’re always here to help.

Well geez that's just stupid. Thanks for figuring it out. Perhaps the rewrite was because nobody in their right mind would administer chemo the way they likely originally wrote the question. OP putting more medication than ordered in an IVPB and relying on the pump to stop infusing prior to overdosing is not great practice. The pump could fail or one of your helpful co-workers might notice that the fluid didn't completely infuse and run the rest in for you. For some medications (antibiotics for instance) the overage probably wouldn't matter but with certain medications the results could be disastrous.