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Title: The prescriber wrote for a 40-kg child to receive 25 mg of medication 4 times a day. The therapeutic ...
Post by: asanders82 on Jan 18, 2018
The prescriber wrote for a 40-kg child to receive 25 mg of medication 4 times a day. The therapeutic range is 5 to 10 mg/kg/day. What is the nurse's priority?
 
  a. Administer the medication because it is within the therapeutic range.
  b. Notify the physician that the prescribed dose is in the toxic range.
  c. Notify the physician that the prescribed dose is below the therapeutic range.
  d. Change the dose to one that is within range.


Title: The prescriber wrote for a 40-kg child to receive 25 mg of medication 4 times a day. The therapeutic ...
Post by: bericky97 on Jan 18, 2018
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