The nurse is administering 250 mg of a medication elixir to the patient. The medication comes in a dose of 1000 mg/5 mL. How many milliliters should the nurse administer?
What will be an ideal response?
1.25
The nurse needs to first determine how many milligrams are in each milliliter of the elixir. Then the nurse calculates how many milliliters would contain 250 mg.
1000 mg/5 mL = 200 mg/1 mL
250 mg/(X) = 200 mg/mL = 1.25 mL
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