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Please help!! Need help with math problem

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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    i got 1.2 mg

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    1.2 mg

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    Moved to the Nursing Student Assistance forum.

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    OP: Simple multiplication. 0.4x3.

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    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.

    Nah, Im thinking probably in the morgue already.

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    Nah, Im thinking probably in the morgue already.

    I guess I still have some optimism left. But yeah, celestial transfer.

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    I think that the OP is getting confused on converting the dose from apothecary to metric; grain 1/150 equals 0.4 mg.

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