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Sweaterlove, I am applying for the adult gero acute car np, had my interview tuesday. They told me class size 25, with 40 people interviewing. Best of luck to the both of us!

Order: Dopamine 5 mg/kg/day IV q4h in 120 mL of D5W over 1 hour. On Hand: Dopamine IV 20 mL vial with 10 mg/mL. Patient weights 135 lbs Dilute the desired dose in 120 mL of D5W Calculate the flow rate in ml/hr for the infusion pump:________________________ What I know so far: 135 lbs is 61.36 kg Order by mg/dose: (5mg/kg/day) X (61.36 kg) X (1 day/6 doses) = 51.14 mg/dose lost from here:

If a goal was not meet in the wound care, the steps of the nursing process should be repeated.Additional assessment data, analysis, or interventions as a result of ongoing assessment may lead to a more satisfactory outcome. Therefore, you would need to reassess the action plan and current situation to come up with a better plan of care.

you're right, instead of dividing, I multiplied. thank you for catching my error!

thank you for your help

I'm having difficulties completing this problem. Ordered: Retrovir 200 mg/kg/Day IV q4 hr in 60 mL LR over 90 mins. On Hand: Retrovir 3 g vials. Each gram is reconstituted with 4 mL of diluent patient weighs 182 lb. Use macrotubing 20 gtt/mL Dilute the reconstituted Retrovir in 48 mL of LR calculate flow rate: I know the formula is: I'm having troubles differentiating what is "filler" and what is not. So far I have: Convert lbs to Kg 182 lbs (1 kg/2.2 lbs) = 182/ 2.2= 82.73 kg Find ordered dose in mg/day 200mg/kg/day (200mg/kg/day) X 82.73 kg = 16,545.45 mg/day Find ordered dose in mg/dose Q4hrs therefore give 6 doses in one day (16,545.45 mg/day) X (6 doses/1 day) = 99272. 73 mg/dose Find concentration of medication on hand: 3 g is 3000 mg Each gram is reconstituted in 4 mL 3000 mg/12 mL = 250 mg/mL From here I'm completely lost, am I even in the right directions? What further steps do I need to take to solve or understand this problem?