Please help!! Need help with math problem

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I have a question that I need help with. The problem is this: The physician orders nitroglycerin tablets GRAIN sublingual every 5 minutes up to 3X a day for chest pain. The medication is supplied in 0.4-mg tablets. The patient took three tablets. How many Milligrams did she receive? The answer I got is 450 MG. Is this right?

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This is a really simple question, with some information that is irrelevant to the question.

Think, first what is the QUESTION asking?

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Specializes in Pedi.

How did you get 450 mg?

The patient took 3 tablets. Each tablet is 0.4 mg. This is simple multiplication.

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Specializes in ER/Tele, Med-Surg, Faculty, Urgent Care.

Welcome to all nurses I see you joined two hours ago. Can you show us your calculations & how you set up your problem and then maybe we can see how you came up with your answer. Are you a student ?

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How did you get 450 mg? Each tablet is 0.4mg times 3 tablets that the patient took.

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Specializes in OR.

It depends on how fast the west-bound train was going and when it passed the east-bound train.

Btw, I got 1.2mg

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The grains, the 5 minutes, and the three times a day are unnecessary information.

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

This is the type of problem that requires you to use your critical thinking skills. Why? Because there is a heck of a lot of extraneous distracting information in the stated problem. What is the pertinent information you need to do the math? Only 2 of those sentences are relevant.

And your answer of 450mg is way off. If a patient truly took that much nitro, she's probably on the floor with major hypotension.

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I would be skeptical of asking a question fearing someone may find it stupid,dumb, simple etc. nursing859 asked because obviously he/she really dont know and want our assistance without all the extra:no:, just saying

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
I would be skeptical of asking a question fearing someone may find it stupid,dumb, simple etc. nursing859 asked because obviously he/she really dont know and want our assistance without all the extra:no:, just saying

Read the forum description. We don't do your homework. Show us how you got your answer, where you think you are stuck or what you don't understand and many will be happy to help.

Others are not being mean they are pointing out the extra information that is irrelevant to the answer. This happens in the NCLEX too. You need to know what you need and what to ignore.

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I have a question that I need help with. The problem is this: The physician orders nitroglycerin tablets GRAIN sublingual every 5 minutes up to 3X a day for chest pain. The medication is supplied in 0.4-mg tablets. The patient took three tablets. How many Milligrams did she receive? The answer I got is 450 MG. Is this right?

Whoa. The patient definitely did not receive 450mg.

Focus on exactly what the problem stated that the patient received, forget the extra information they gave you. It states that the patient took THREE tablets. It states that the medication is supplied in 0.4mg tablets. Now, do the math and you will see that the patient did not receive 450mg of medication.

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I know we dont do others homework, but somethings could have been displayed better in which most people did. Thanks.

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