Ordered: Granisetron Hydrochloride Injection (Kytril) 10 Mcg Per Kg IV

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Essay

Ordered: Granisetron hydrochloride injection (Kytril) 10 mcg per kg IV injection 30 min before chemotherapy to reduce nausea and vomiting
Available: Kytril vial IV 0.1 mg per mL
Patient weight: 60 kg
Dilution: May be given undiluted as an injection into a port over 30 seconds
The nurse adds 2.4 mL of sterile NS for injection to the medication for ease of timing the injection rate into the injection port.
a. What is the total dose of drug in mg to be given?
b. What is the total volume of drug for injection?
c. How many total seconds per calibration?

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Definitions:

Marginal Costs

refers to the cost associated with producing each additional unit of a product or service.

Average Total Cost

The total cost of production divided by the quantity produced, representing the per-unit cost of production, including both fixed and variable costs.

Diminishing Marginal Returns

A principle stating that as more of a variable input is added to a fixed input, beyond some point, the additional output produced from the additional input will eventually start to decrease.

Marginal Cost Curve

A graphical representation showing how the cost of producing one additional unit of a good changes as production volume changes.