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1. Pediatric Dose Calculations

   NurseLegos replied to NurseLegos's topic in Student Assist

   I didn't paraphrase the question. It was worded like this on our test. There were a few students who interpreted the question differently and that made me doubt my math. So I made an account here because I couldn't wait for clarification lol. The fi...

2. Pediatric Dose Calculations

   NurseLegos replied to NurseLegos's topic in Student Assist

   Thank you for the hasty response! So to answer the question this was my math: 52/2.2= 23.6kg (rounded down to nearest tenth cuz that's what test said to do). Then I did: 23.6kg*15mg=354mg to get max safe dose in mg. Then: 354mg*4doses= 1416mg/d since...

3. Pediatric Dose Calculations

   NurseLegos posted a topic in Student Assist

   A child weighs 52 lbs. The child has a fever and the doctor orders Tylenol. The safe dose range of this medication is 10-15 mg/kg every 6 hours. The label reads 160mg/5ml. What is the maximum per day? What is the maximum per dose? How many ml per ma...