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1. PEDIATRIC MATH

   Jamesryan replied to Jamesryan's topic in Pediatric

   What would your answer be for the

2. PEDIATRIC MATH

   Jamesryan replied to Jamesryan's topic in Pediatric

   So for that question what amount of medication would you

3. PEDIATRIC MATH

   Jamesryan posted a topic in Pediatric

   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...

4. Dosage calculation rounding pediatrics

   Jamesryan replied to Jamesryan's topic in General Nursing

   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...

5. Dosage calculation rounding pediatrics

   Jamesryan replied to Jamesryan's topic in General Nursing

   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...

6. Dosage calculation rounding pediatrics

   Jamesryan posted a topic in General Nursing

   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...

7. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

   Jamesryan replied to Jamesryan's topic in Pediatric

   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...

8. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

   Jamesryan replied to Jamesryan's topic in Pediatric

   So if a pediatric oral medication dose for just say an antibiotic was to administer 5.3 ml how you administer that

9. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

   Jamesryan replied to Jamesryan's topic in Pediatric

   I've never seen a 5ml syringe with 0.1ml

10. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

    Jamesryan replied to Jamesryan's topic in Pediatric

    You could draw up 4ml in a 5ml syringe and then draw up 0.1ml in a 3ml

11. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

    Jamesryan replied to Jamesryan's topic in Pediatric

    Yes that's true so what are you supposed to do in that

12. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

    Jamesryan replied to Jamesryan's topic in Pediatric

    Ok so it would be appropriate to round a oral liquid dose greater than 1ml to the nearest tenth ml in a pediatric

13. Peds Math

    Jamesryan replied to stasiastar's topic in Pediatric

    Wouldn't you round the dose to

14. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

    Jamesryan replied to Jamesryan's topic in Pediatric

    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...

15. Rounding oral liquid medication and IV/IM

    Jamesryan posted a topic in Pediatric

    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...