{"id":133404,"date":"2024-08-22T21:38:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T21:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=133404"},"modified":"2024-08-22T21:38:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T21:38:25","slug":"a-nurse-is-preparing-to-administer-liquid-famotidine-20-mg-po-every-6-hr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/22\/a-nurse-is-preparing-to-administer-liquid-famotidine-20-mg-po-every-6-hr\/","title":{"rendered":"A nurse is preparing to administer liquid famotidine 20 mg PO every 6 hr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A nurse is preparing to administer liquid famotidine 20 mg PO every 6 hr for GERD. Available is famotidine 40 mg\/5 ml. How many ml. should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Answer and Explanation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To determine the amount of liquid famotidine to administer, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Identify the available concentration and the prescribed dose:<\/strong>\n
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    • Available concentration: 40 mg per 5 mL<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Prescribed dose: 20 mg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Calculate the volume required for the prescribed dose:<\/strong>\n
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      • Use the formula: Volume=(Desired\u00a0doseAvailable\u00a0concentration)\u00d7Volume\u00a0available\\text{Volume} = \\left(\\frac{\\text{Desired dose}}{\\text{Available concentration}}\\right) \\times \\text{Volume available}Volume=(Available\u00a0concentrationDesired\u00a0dose\u200b)\u00d7Volume\u00a0available<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Substitute the values: Volume=(20\u00a0mg40\u00a0mg)\u00d75\u00a0mL\\text{Volume} = \\left(\\frac{20 \\text{ mg}}{40 \\text{ mg}}\\right) \\times 5 \\text{ mL}Volume=(40\u00a0mg20\u00a0mg\u200b)\u00d75\u00a0mL<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Calculate: Volume=2040\u00d75=0.5\u00d75=2.5\u00a0mL\\text{Volume} = \\frac{20}{40} \\times 5 = 0.5 \\times 5 = 2.5 \\text{ mL}Volume=4020\u200b\u00d75=0.5\u00d75=2.5\u00a0mL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Answer: 2.5 mL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        To administer 20 mg of famotidine from a solution that has 40 mg per 5 mL, you need 2.5 mL of the solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        A nurse is preparing to administer liquid famotidine 20 mg PO every 6 hr for GERD. Available is famotidine 40 mg\/5 ml. How many ml. should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) Answer and Explanation 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-133404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133404","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=133404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}