During a health history the nurse learns that a client takes 4 teaspoons of cough medicine every 6 hours. How many milliliters of the medication has the client been taking for each dose?
1. 5
2. 10
3. 15
4. 20
4
Rationale 1: mL/dose = 5 mL/1 tsp x 4 tst/1 dose. Multiply the numerators (5 x 4 = 20). Multiply the denominators (1 x 1 = 1). 20/1 = 20 mL.
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