The Nurse Is Calculating the Medication Dose for a 4-Year-Old

question 7

Multiple Choice

The nurse is calculating the medication dose for a 4-year-old child by plotting the child's height and weight on a nomogram,then drawing a line between the two points.The point at which the line intersects the surface area line is the child's BSA.The dose is calculated using the BSA.What does this calculation represent?

• A)Body weight method
• B)Age-weight method
• C)Pharmacokinetic method
• D)Body surface area method

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