From a transcription error a patient received an overdose of a prescribed medication. If the therapeutic index of the medication is 10 and the median effective dose is 2, what would the nurse calculate as the median lethal dose for the medication?
What will be an ideal response?
Correct Answer: 20
Rationale : 10 = x/2; solving for x, the median lethal dose would be 20.
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