As you prepare to administer a medication to a preschooler, you realize that she is extremely underweight for her age. What action would you take?
A) Give her one-half the ordered dose.
B) Give her the prescribed dose, because dose is determined by nomogram, not weight.
C) Measure her height and weight, and check whether the dose is correct for her.
D) Call the child's physician and alert him or her to the dosage error.
C
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Schizophrenia is a mood disorder
True False