{"id":133573,"date":"2024-08-23T19:43:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T19:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=133573"},"modified":"2024-08-23T19:43:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T19:43:23","slug":"a-nurse-is-preparing-to-administer-phenytoin-300-mg-po-every-12-hr-to-a-client-who-has-a-seizure-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/a-nurse-is-preparing-to-administer-phenytoin-300-mg-po-every-12-hr-to-a-client-who-has-a-seizure-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"A nurse is preparing to administer phenytoin 300 mg PO every 12 hr to a client who has a seizure disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A nurse is preparing to administer phenytoin 300 mg PO every 12 hr to a client who has a seizure disorder. Available is phenytoin oral suspension 125 mg\/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To calculate how many milliliters (mL) of phenytoin oral suspension to administer per dose, use the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Determine the amount of medication needed per dose:<\/strong>\n
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    • The prescribed dose is 300 mg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Determine the concentration of the available suspension:<\/strong>\n
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      • The available suspension is 125 mg\/5 mL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Set up a proportion to find the volume needed:<\/strong>Volume=Desired\u00a0Dose\u00d7Volume\u00a0of\u00a0SuspensionConcentration\u00a0of\u00a0Suspension\\text{Volume} = \\frac{\\text{Desired Dose} \\times \\text{Volume of Suspension}}{\\text{Concentration of Suspension}}Volume=Concentration\u00a0of\u00a0SuspensionDesired\u00a0Dose\u00d7Volume\u00a0of\u00a0Suspension\u200b Volume=300\u00a0mg\u00d75\u00a0mL125\u00a0mg\\text{Volume} = \\frac{300 \\text{ mg} \\times 5 \\text{ mL}}{125 \\text{ mg}}Volume=125\u00a0mg300\u00a0mg\u00d75\u00a0mL\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Calculate the volume:<\/strong>Volume=1500125=12\u00a0mL\\text{Volume} = \\frac{1500}{125} = 12 \\text{ mL}Volume=1251500\u200b=12\u00a0mL<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        So, the nurse should administer 12 mL<\/strong> of phenytoin oral suspension per dose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Answer:<\/strong> 12 mL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        A nurse is preparing to administer phenytoin 300 mg PO every 12 hr to a client who has a seizure disorder. Available is phenytoin oral suspension 125 mg\/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not […]<\/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-133573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133573","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=133573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}