A patient who is being discharged from the hospital received his last dose of the medicine in the hospital at 1200. If the medicine is ordered every 4 hours, the nurse should tell the patient to take the next dose of medicine at ________ (conventional time).
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
4:00 p.m.
4:00 P.M.
1200 is noon, so add 4 hours for next dose = 1600, which is 4:00 p.m.
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