Anybody help me figure this one out: The nurse is instructing a patient to take Diflucan 40mg oral suspensionat home. How many tsp will the nurse instruct the patient to take per dose? The label says there is 40mg/mL?
I am looking at it thinking that the patient will take 1 mL. SO, if that is the case then the patient would take 0.2 tsp. The answer in the back says 2 tsp. Help me out if you can, please.
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I thought the same on that question. I think maybe there was an error. If they want it in ounces I put 1/6 ounce. I also put two teaspoons down. I put both answers, cant go wrong. I dont think. can you really measure 1/6 of an ounce out? i just put it makes more sense to do the teaspoons.
I think it is a typo because there is 5mL in 1 tsp. I'm gonna call sister Ann at home, j/k lol
hey.... i think its freaking typo...... i have question mark too...
I figured it out to be 0.2 tsp. You can't measure out 1/6 ounces and to the best of my knowledge you don't use fractions in nursing math. Think about it this way if there are 5 ml in a teaspoon to get the answer you have to come up with how many teaspoons are in one ml since the amount ordered is 40 mg and that is how much is in one ml.
We have our math test on monday and I thought I understood what I was doing and then this was thrown at me and I started to get nervous. So, thanks for clarifying it's good to be reassured that I was doing it right and the book has an error.
It is a typo. If you gave it the way way it was wrote, you would overdose the patient.
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