Compute the amount of medication that will be given to administer one dose of the following medication orders by using a proportion to obtain your answers.Round all parenteral administration orders that are over 1 mL to one decimal place. Round all parenteral administration orders under 1 mL to two decimal places. Do not include zeros at the end of decimal numbers
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The problems and drug orders are presented for practice only, and actual prescribed dosages will vary according to a patient's age, condition, reaction, additional medications, and other factors.
Order: 500,000 units of an antibiotic IM stat
Supply: 4 mL diluent used to reconstitute to a concentration of 250,000 units/mL
Give:
__________ mL
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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