{"id":133396,"date":"2024-08-22T21:32:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T21:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=133396"},"modified":"2024-08-22T21:32:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T21:32:36","slug":"the-healthcare-provider-prescribes-filgrastim-5-mcg-kg-day-subcutaneously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/22\/the-healthcare-provider-prescribes-filgrastim-5-mcg-kg-day-subcutaneously\/","title":{"rendered":"The healthcare provider prescribes filgrastim 5 mcg\/kg\/day subcutaneously"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The healthcare provider prescribes filgrastim 5 mcg\/kg\/day subcutaneously for a client who weighs 132 pounds and has just completed chemotherapy. The medication is available in 480 mcg\/0.8 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Enter numerical value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest tenth.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To determine how many milliliters (mL) of filgrastim to administer, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Convert the client’s weight from pounds to kilograms<\/strong>:\n
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    • Weight in pounds: 132 lb<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Conversion factor: 1 lb = 0.4536 kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Weight in kg: 132\u00a0lb\u00d70.4536\u00a0kg\/lb=59.87\u00a0kg132 \\text{ lb} \\times 0.4536 \\text{ kg\/lb} = 59.87 \\text{ kg}132\u00a0lb\u00d70.4536\u00a0kg\/lb=59.87\u00a0kg (round to 59.9 kg for precision)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Calculate the total dose required in micrograms (mcg)<\/strong>:\n
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      • Dose: 5 mcg\/kg\/day<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Total dose: 5\u00a0mcg\/kg\u00d759.9\u00a0kg=299.5\u00a0mcg5 \\text{ mcg\/kg} \\times 59.9 \\text{ kg} = 299.5 \\text{ mcg}5\u00a0mcg\/kg\u00d759.9\u00a0kg=299.5\u00a0mcg (round to 299.5 mcg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Determine the volume of medication needed<\/strong>:\n
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        • Medication concentration: 480 mcg\/0.8 mL<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Set up the ratio to find the volume for 299.5 mcg: 480\u00a0mcg0.8\u00a0mL=299.5\u00a0mcgx\u00a0mL\\frac{480 \\text{ mcg}}{0.8 \\text{ mL}} = \\frac{299.5 \\text{ mcg}}{x \\text{ mL}}0.8\u00a0mL480\u00a0mcg\u200b=x\u00a0mL299.5\u00a0mcg\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Solve for xxx: x=299.5\u00a0mcg\u00d70.8\u00a0mL480\u00a0mcg=239.6480=0.499\u00a0mL\u22480.5\u00a0mLx = \\frac{299.5 \\text{ mcg} \\times 0.8 \\text{ mL}}{480 \\text{ mcg}} = \\frac{239.6}{480} = 0.499 \\text{ mL} \\approx 0.5 \\text{ mL}x=480\u00a0mcg299.5\u00a0mcg\u00d70.8\u00a0mL\u200b=480239.6\u200b=0.499\u00a0mL\u22480.5\u00a0mL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Answer:<\/strong> 0.5 mL<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          The healthcare provider prescribes filgrastim 5 mcg\/kg\/day subcutaneously for a client who weighs 132 pounds and has just completed chemotherapy. The medication is available in 480 mcg\/0.8 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Enter numerical value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest tenth.) To determine how many milliliters (mL) of […]<\/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-133396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133396","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=133396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}