Prescription: 20 mg of Drug Z per pound of child’s weight a day.
Child’s Weight: 45 Kg
Issue: The parent would prefer to give a liquid medication.
You found a liquid medication that contains 0.3 grams of Drug Z per mL of solution.
Question: How many mL of the liquid medication should the child take to meet the order of the prescription? Round to 3 decimal places.
To calculate how many mL of the liquid medication the child should take, we first need to convert the child's weight from kg to pounds.
1 kg is approximately 2.20462 pounds.
Child's weight in pounds = 45 kg * 2.20462 = 99.20859 pounds
Now, we need to calculate the total mg of Drug Z that the child should take per day.
20 mg of Drug Z per pound * 99.20859 pounds = 1984.1718 mg of Drug Z per day
Next, we need to convert mg to grams:
1984.1718 mg * 0.001 = 1.9841718 grams of Drug Z per day
Finally, we can calculate how many mL of the liquid medication the child should take:
0.3 grams of Drug Z per mL * X mL = 1.9841718 grams
X = 1.9841718 / 0.3
X = 6.613906
The child should take approximately 6.614 mL of the liquid medication per day to meet the prescription order.