A young mother is nervous about giving an antibiotic to her child for the first time. The mother asks the nurse about the appropriate dosage for her child's ear infection. How should the nurse respond?

Question

a. You should give the prescribed dose for the prescribed length of time, which is calculated to your child's weight.
b. Give a small amount of the medication until you see she is feeling better.
c. Give it to her daily with any meal.
d. Hide it in her food.

Answer 1

a. You should give the prescribed dose for the prescribed length of time, which is calculated to your child's weight.
FEEDBACK
a. You should give the prescribed dose, which is calculated to your child's weight. The dosage is the amount of a drug given for a particular therapeutic effect. Also, she needs to take the medication until finished.
b. Giving a smaller amount of the dose until she is feeling better is incorrect because an adequate dosage is required to treat the ear infection. .
c. The medication needs to be given as prescribed for the full course of time. If it is not, the infection will not be eradicated. .
d. This is discouraged because the child may not eat the food, the dosage may not be adequate, and this may set the child up for future problems associated with taking medicines. .