Read the Ordered and Available Amounts

question 42

Short Answer

Read the ordered and available amounts. Decide if you are going to give the same, more, or less than the unit dose available.
-Ordered: Phenobarbital 30 mg po stat for a patient needing sedation.
Available: Phenobarbital: 60 mg tablets scored.
Give: same, more, or less than unit dose. (Circle one)

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Definitions:

Benzyl Alcohol

A type of alcohol with the formula C6H5CH2OH, characterized by a benzene ring attached to a CH2OH group.

Methyl Benzoate

An organic compound formed from the esterification of benzoic acid with methanol, characterized by a sweet smell and used in perfumery.

Aldehyde Treatment

A chemical process involving the reaction of an aldehyde group, often resulting in the introduction of new functional groups.

LiAlH4

Lithium aluminium hydride, a powerful reducing agent widely employed in organic chemistry for reducing carbonyl compounds to alcohols.