The Nurse Has Just Assessed a Toddler's Temperature to Be

question 13

Short Answer

The nurse has just assessed a toddler's temperature to be 101.5° F axillary.The physician has ordered acetaminophen 10 mg/kg every 4 to 6 hours.The child weighs 22 lb.The bottle of acetaminophen available is a suspension (160 mg/5 mL).How much should the nurse administer? Round to the nearest milliliter.

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Definitions:

Interval

A range of numbers between two set points.

Real Number Line

A one-dimensional line on which every point corresponds to a real number and every real number to a point.

Real Number Line

A line that graphically represents all possible real numbers, where each point on the line corresponds to a unique real number.

Inequality

An inequality is a mathematical statement indicating that two expressions are not equal, represented by symbols such as > (greater than), < (less than), ≥ (greater than or equal to), or ≤ (less than or equal to).