ATI Safe Dosage Calculation: Pediatric Medications

ATI Safe Dosage Calculation: Pediatric Medications Leave the first rating Save Terms in this set (25) A nurse is preparing to administer dexamethasone 0.3mg/kg/day PO divided in equal doses every 12hr to a school-age child who weighs 50lb. Available is dexamethasone oral solution 0.5mg/5mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? (Round to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero) 50lb / 2.2lb = 22.7272727kg 22.7272727kg X 0.3mg = 6.mg 6.mg / 0.5mg = 13.6363636mg X 5mL = 68.1818182 / 2 = 34.0909091 = 34mL A nurse is caring for a preschool-age child who weighs 18 kg. What is the child's daily maintenance fluid requirement? The formula used to calculate a child's daily maintenance fluid requirement is: 100mL/kg for the first 10kg, plus 50mL/kg for the second 10kg, plus 20mL/kg for the remainder of the weight in kg. A nurse is preparing to administer 2 mg/kg/dose PO every 8 hr to an infant who weighs 12 lb. Available is furosemide oral solution 10 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? 18kg = 10kg + 8kg 10kg x 100mL = 1,000mL 8kg X 50mL = 400mL 1,000mL + 400mL = 1,400mL/day