Prescriber's order reads: Cortisone acetate 5 mg/kg/day IM in divided doses, every twelve hours. The client weighs 45 lbs. How much medication will this child get per dose?
A. 51.1
B. 52.1
C. 53.1
D. 54.1
Ans: A. 51.1
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When planning care for a laboring woman whose membranes have ruptured, the nurse recognizes that the woman's risk for _________________________ has increased
a. Intrauterine infection c. Precipitous labor b. Hemorrhage d. Supine hypotension