A nurse is preparing to administer hydrocortisone 100mg IM daily to a client. Available is hydrocortisone 250mg/2mL. How many mL should the nurse administer. (Round answer to the nearest tenth number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use trailing zero.)
To find out how many mL the nurse should administer, we can set up a proportion:
(250mg/2mL) = (100mg/x mL)
Cross-multiplying, we get:
250mg * x mL = 2mL * 100mg
250x = 200
Dividing both sides by 250, we get:
x = 200 / 250
x = 0.8 mL
Therefore, the nurse should administer 0.8 mL of hydrocortisone.