Jamesryan

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  1. PEDIATRIC MATH

    What would your answer be for the question?
  2. PEDIATRIC MATH

    So for that question what amount of medication would you administer?
  3. PEDIATRIC MATH

    I'm needing help with a pediatric dosage calculation. Here's the question the doctor orders Tylenol 15mg/kg for a 8lb 3 oz infant available amount of medication is 160mg/5ml how many ml of medication will the child receive? And with it being an infan...
  4. Dosage calculation rounding pediatrics

    I'm referring to a rule I've read in my text that says volumes for liquid medication less than 1 ml round nearest hundredth ml and volume greater than 1 ml round to nearest tenth ml. I just wanted to know if it applies to the pediatric population
  5. Dosage calculation rounding pediatrics

    I'm just asking because I'm still confused on the rules. I would assume it's difficult to draw up 3.347 ml so I would just round that amount to 3.3ml but I'm not sure if it need to be rounded to the hundredth ml for a pediatric patient?
  6. When calculating weight based oral liquid medication dosage for a child. Is the final answer rounded to the nearest tenth ml or the nearest hundredth ml. Like if the amount comes out to be 3.347 mls would you administer 3.3 ml or 3.35 ml?
  7. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

    I've read some literature for pediatric oral doses that say volume greater than 1ml round to the hundredth and others say round to the tenth. Also some literature tells you to round child's weight to nearest tenth kg before beginning calculation and ...
  8. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

    So if a pediatric oral medication dose for just say an antibiotic was to administer 5.3 ml how you administer that amount?
  9. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

    I've never seen a 5ml syringe with 0.1ml increments
  10. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

    You could draw up 4ml in a 5ml syringe and then draw up 0.1ml in a 3ml syringe?
  11. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

    Yes that's true so what are you supposed to do in that scenario?
  12. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

    Ok so it would be appropriate to round a oral liquid dose greater than 1ml to the nearest tenth ml in a pediatric patient?
  13. Peds Math

    Wouldn't you round the dose to 2.7ml?
  14. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

    The reason I rounded my answer because I read that for amounts greater than 1 ml round to the nearest tenth ml and amounts less than 1 ml round to the nearest hundredth ml. I just want to know if that applies to pediatric medication administration
  15. I'm a nursing student taking a dosage calculation class this summer. I was working some pediatric weight based problems for oral liquid medications example a 2 year old patient with fever is ordered Tylenol 15mg/kg the patient weighs 12.3 kg and amou...