Questions: The primary health-care provider orders terbutaline 250 mcg subcutaneously for an adult client. The nurse finds the medication in the client's cart with dosage strength of 1 mg per mL. What is the correct amount (mL) of terbutaline to be administered to the client? Record your answer to the nearest hundredth of a millimeter. mL

The primary health-care provider orders terbutaline 250 mcg subcutaneously for an adult client. The nurse finds the medication in the client's cart with dosage strength of 1 mg per mL. What is the correct amount (mL) of terbutaline to be administered to the client? Record your answer to the nearest hundredth of a millimeter. mL

Transcript text: The primary health-care provider orders terbutaline 250 mcg subcutaneously for an adult client. The nurse finds the medication in the client's cart with dosage strength of 1 mg per mL. What is the correct amount (mL) of terbutaline to be administered to the client? Record your answer to the nearest hundredth of a millimeter. mL

Solution

To determine the correct amount of terbutaline to be administered, we need to use the dosage strength provided and the ordered dose.

The ordered dose is 250 mcg (micrograms) and the available dosage strength is 1 mg/mL. First, we need to convert the ordered dose from micrograms to milligrams because the available dosage strength is in milligrams per milliliter.

1 mg = 1000 mcg

So, 250 mcg = 250 / 1000 mg = 0.25 mg

Now, we need to find out how many milliliters of the solution will provide 0.25 mg of terbutaline.

Using the dosage strength: 1 mg/mL = 0.25 mg/X mL

We can set up a proportion to solve for X (the volume in mL): \[ \frac{1 \text{ mg}}{1 \text{ mL}} = \frac{0.25 \text{ mg}}{X \text{ mL}} \]

Cross-multiplying to solve for X: \[ 1 \times X = 0.25 \times 1 \] \[ X = 0.25 \text{ mL} \]

Therefore, the correct amount of terbutaline to be administered is 0.25 mL.

The answer is: \[ 0.25 \text{ mL} \]

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