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A child weighs 22 pounds. The medication order is for 5 mg/kg. What is the correct dose in
milligrams?
✔✔ 50 mg
A client weighs 18 kg. The provider orders a medication at 0.3 mg/kg. What is the dose the nurse
should administer?
✔✔ 5.4 mg
A medication is ordered at 2 mg/kg/day divided into two doses. The child weighs 12 kg. How
much should be given per dose?
✔✔ 12 mg
A medication is prescribed at 10 mg/kg/day in three divided doses. The infant weighs 9 kg. What
is the amount per dose?
✔✔ 30 mg
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, A neonate weighs 3.5 kg. The ordered dose is 15 mg/kg/day in two doses. What is the amount
per dose?
✔✔ 26.25 mg
A pediatric patient weighs 30 kg. The order is for 1.5 mg/kg/dose every 8 hours. What is the
correct amount per dose?
✔✔ 45 mg
The order reads 6 mg/kg every 12 hours for a patient weighing 25 kg. What is the total daily
dose?
✔✔ 300 mg
A child weighing 40 lb requires a dose of 0.2 mg/kg. What is the correct dose?
✔✔ 3.6 mg
A client is prescribed 8 mg/kg/day of a medication divided into four doses. The patient weighs
20 kg. What is the amount per dose?
✔✔ 40 mg
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