Nurses today would use which of the following methods to calculate a medication dosage for a child?
a. Clark's rule, using the child's weight in the calculation
b. Young's rule
c. Fried's rule
d. unit of drug per kilogram of body weight or body surface area
D
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A Incorrect. Nurses today would not use Clark's rule, using the child's weight in the calculation.
B Incorrect. Nurses today would not use Young's rule.
C Incorrect. Nurses today would not use Fried's rule.
D Correct. Appropriate drug dosages in children are most commonly calculated on the basis of unit of drug per kilogram of body weight or unit of drug per Body Surface Area (BSA).
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