{"id":133292,"date":"2024-08-22T19:01:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=133292"},"modified":"2024-08-22T19:01:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:01:54","slug":"a-child-who-weighs-18-pounds-receives-a-prescription-for-amoxicillin-25-mg-kg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/22\/a-child-who-weighs-18-pounds-receives-a-prescription-for-amoxicillin-25-mg-kg\/","title":{"rendered":"A child who weighs 18 pounds receives a prescription for amoxicillin 25 mg\/kg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A child who weighs 18 pounds receives a prescription for amoxicillin 25 mg\/kg\/day by mouth in divided doses every 12 hours. The bottle is labelled, “Amoxicillin for Oral Suspension, USP 400 mg per 5 mL.” How many mL should the nurse administer with each dose?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Enter numerical value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest tenth.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To determine how many mL of amoxicillin the nurse should administer with each dose, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Convert the child’s weight from pounds to kilograms:<\/strong>\n
      \n
    • Weight in kg = Weight in pounds \u00f7 2.2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Weight in kg = 18 lbs \u00f7 2.2 \u2248 8.2 kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Calculate the total daily dose of amoxicillin required:<\/strong>\n
        \n
      • Dosage = 25 mg\/kg\/day<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Total daily dose = 25 mg\/kg \u00d7 8.2 kg = 205 mg\/day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Determine the dose for each administration (since it is divided into two doses):<\/strong>\n
          \n
        • Dose per administration = Total daily dose \u00f7 Number of doses per day<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Dose per administration = 205 mg \u00f7 2 = 102.5 mg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Calculate the volume of amoxicillin to administer for each dose:<\/strong>\n
            \n
          • The bottle concentration is 400 mg per 5 mL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Volume needed = (Dose in mg \u00f7 Concentration in mg\/mL)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Concentration in mg\/mL = 400 mg \u00f7 5 mL = 80 mg\/mL<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Volume needed = 102.5 mg \u00f7 80 mg\/mL \u2248 1.3 mL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            So, the nurse should administer 1.3 mL<\/strong> of amoxicillin with each dose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            A child who weighs 18 pounds receives a prescription for amoxicillin 25 mg\/kg\/day by mouth in divided doses every 12 hours. The bottle is labelled, “Amoxicillin for Oral Suspension, USP 400 mg per 5 mL.” How many mL should the nurse administer with each dose? (Enter numerical value only. If rounding is required, round to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}