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help w/med.cal. problem
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Posted over 2 years ago Hello everybody! I am a brand new nurse student and you all know, med. cal. is a royal blessing to us all. here is a real juicy problem for you breniacs, here is my problem "250mL NS with 30mg amphotericin B deoxycholate over 3 hours" aha!! I know how to do it if you take the 30 mg, meaning 250mL over 3 hours can some nice nurse teach me how to incorporate the 30 mg into this problem pleaseee. thank you ladies and gentelmans. |
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| Posted over 2 years ago Hi pilaroka, Ok if you have a bag of normal saline with 250ml in it divide that by 3hours and you are going to set the IV pump to run at ________ml per hour. 250ml divided by 3 hours=_______ml/hr Now think about it......there are a total of 30mg of amphotericin B in the solution. If you give 30mg total in 3 hours then you give ______mg/hr. or 30mg divided by 3hours=____mg/hr Let me know what you get and I will be happy to help you more if you need it, now or any time. It always helps me to write the units involved to make it easier to keep straight in my head what I am working with and trying to find out. Good luck. |
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| Posted over 2 years ago What are you wanting to do with the 30mg? The volume is the key point here, not the dosage. If giving 30mg of amp-B over 3 hours is safe, you just need to do the math with your volume. |
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| Posted over 2 years ago OK I got 83mL/hr of NS and 10mg/hr thanks you so much kmorgan67 your a life saver, plus thank you for taking the time to help me out here. God Bless |
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| Posted over 2 years ago Thank you so much for the website, Gitano_RN. It was a big help. Have a good day |
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| Posted over 2 years ago Thanks RNdude for the wake up call..... Pilar, please be so very careful in medication calculations. Dont get lost in the math and forget all of the facts at hand. First you must know if what is being ordered if appropriate for the diagnosis, second if the amount is safe for the patients age size and recommended dose, and if it is mixed in the appropriate solution. Remember the answer could also be I would not administer this medication due to unsafe..... Please take a moment, as I just did , and look up the med you were asking about....... |
to see if you guys can help me out.
