A nurse working in a clinic is teaching a patient how much cough syrup to take. The cough syrup comes in a 250 mL bottle, and the dosage is 10 mL every 4 hours. The nurse needs to convert the medication dose to teaspoons
How many teaspoons should she instruct the patient to take? A. 1 teaspoon
B. 2 teaspoons
C. 3 teaspoons
D. 4 teaspoons
B
To provide proper instruction to the patient, the nurse converts "mL" to a common household measurement. By referring to a table, such as Table 16-6, the nurse determines that 10 mL equals 2 teaspoons. Therefore she instructs the patient to take 2 teaspoons.
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