Ordered: carvedilol 12.5 mg PO daily, for a patient with heart failure. Available:
a. What is the available concentration?
b. What is the trade name for this medication?How many tablets will the nurse prepare?
c. Estimated dose:
d. DA equation:
e. Evaluation:
a. 6.25 mg per tablet
b. Coreg
c. Estimate: 2 tablets (12.5 = 2 6.25)
d. Tablet =
e. Equation is balanced. Estimate supports answer.
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1. "Do you feel you need to be in the hospital?" 2. "Your boyfriend must love you very much, right?" 3. "Your boyfriend thought you were planning to kill yourself?" 4. "Do you think your boyfriend meant well by telling the police you were planning to kill yourself?"
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