A nurse working in a clinic is teaching a patient how much cough syrup to take. The cough syrup comes in a 250-mL bottle, and the dosage is 10 mL every 4 hours. How many teaspoons should she instruct the patient to take?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
B
When the accuracy of a medication dose is not critical, it is safe to use household measures. For example, you can safely measure many OTC medications by this method. In this case 5 mL = 1 teaspoon, so 10 mL would equal 2 teaspoons.
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