Title: The nurse is calculating the medication dose for a 4-year-old child by plotting the child's height a Post by: BreakFree on Feb 7, 2015 The nurse is calculating the medication dose for a 4-year-old child by plotting the child's height and weight on a nomogram, then drawing a line between the two points. The point at which the line intersects the surface area line is the child's BSA. The dose is calculated using the BSA. What does this calculation represent?
1. Body weight method 2. Age–weight method 3. Pharmacokinetic method 4. Body surface area method Title: Re: The nurse is calculating the medication dose for a 4-year-old child by plotting the child's heig Post by: ngin on Feb 14, 2015 Content hidden
Title: Re: The nurse is calculating the medication dose for a 4-year-old child by plotting the child's height a Post by: BreakFree on Feb 15, 2015 Wow! Thanks, for the rationale and reasoning, makes total sense.
Title: Re: The nurse is calculating the medication dose for a 4-year-old child by plotting the child's height a Post by: ngin on Feb 16, 2015 I've studied this stuff recently, so I knew what the answer was. Good luck with the rest.
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