The healthcare provider prescribes 2.5 mg IV of morphine sulfate to be administered to a patient with a ruptured intervertebral disk whose pain has not been controlled with NSAIDs and muscle relaxants. The nurse has a 1 milliliter (mL) syringe containing 10 mg of morphine sulfate. How many milliliters of morphine sulfate does the nurse need to withdraw from the syringe?________ mLCalculate the exact dosage.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
0.25
The nurse can use the equation Dosage Required/Dosage Available × 1 mL. For this situation, the equation would be 2.5 mg/10 mg × 1 mL = 2.5/10 × 1 mL = 0.25 × 1 mL = 0.25 mL.
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