Reference no: EM132817175

A nurse is reading a patient's prescription. The doctor writes that the patient needs 250. mg of the medicine per kg of body weight.

The patient weighs 118 pounds. How many grams of medicine will the patient need?

Can we pounds to kgs? YES

Kgs of patient to mg of medicine using the information provided? YES

The nurse goes to the medicine store room and finds a bottle of the medication which reads 20.% medicine by mass. How many grams of the medication will the nurse need for the patient.
If we know mg of medicine needed and we know the %by mass in the medication, can we get the mass of the medication? YES

The label also states that the density of the medication solution is 1.22 g/mL. How many mL of the solution will the nurse need to give the patient in order to supply the needed amount of medicine?

If we know the mass of the medication needed and the density of the medication, can we get the mL of the medication our patient needs? YES