Questions: A nurse is preparing to administer enoxaparin 30 mg subcutaneous every 12 hr to a client. Available is enoxaparin 60 mg / 0.6 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) mL

A nurse is preparing to administer enoxaparin 30 mg subcutaneous every 12 hr to a client. Available is enoxaparin 60 mg / 0.6 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)
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Transcript text: A nurse is preparing to administer enoxaparin $\mathbf{3 0} \mathbf{~ m g}$ subcutaneous every 12 hr to a client. Available is enoxaparin $60 \mathrm{mg} / 0.6 \mathrm{~mL}$. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) $\square$ mL

Solution

Solution Steps

Step 1: Understand the Problem

The nurse needs to administer 30 mg of enoxaparin. The available concentration is 60 mg per 0.6 mL. We need to determine how many mL correspond to 30 mg.

Step 2: Set Up the Proportion

We can set up a proportion to find the volume in mL that corresponds to 30 mg:

\[ \frac{60 \, \text{mg}}{0.6 \, \text{mL}} = \frac{30 \, \text{mg}}{x \, \text{mL}} \]

Step 3: Solve the Proportion

Cross-multiply to solve for $x$:

\[ 60 \times x = 30 \times 0.6 \]

\[ 60x = 18 \]

\[ x = \frac{18}{60} \]

\[ x = 0.3 \]