The nurse is calculating a medication dosage using the metric system. A vial contains 1 mL of fluid, and the nurse calculates the correct dosage to be half of the medication in the vial. How should the nurse document the correct dosage?
a. mL
b. .5 mL
c. 0.5 mL
d. 0.50 mL
C
When writing medication dosages in metric units, convert fractions to decimals. Always include a zero before a decimal point (e.g., 0.1 mL is correct). Never use a trailing zero (e.g., 1.0 mL is incorrect).
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