ATI Dosage Calculation: Pediatric Medications

ATI Dosage Calculation: Pediatric Medications (Answered Summer 2022) A nurse is preparing to administer dexamethasone 0.3 mg/kg/day PO divided in equal doses every 12 hr to a school-age child who weighs 50 lb. Available is dexamethasone oral solution 0.5 mg/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? 34 mL A nurse is caring for a preschool-age child who weighs 18 kg. What is the child's daily maintenance fluid requirement? 1400 mL/day A nurse is preparing to administer 2 mg/k...