You Have Been Assigned to Work in the Children's Ward

question 24

Short Answer

You have been assigned to work in the children's ward and you are to care for four-year old Robyn, under the guidance of the registered nurse. Robyn has been admitted to the ward with a chest infection. She is febrile and dehydrated.
-Robyn has also been ordered Erythromycin suspension, 60 mg/kg/day, to be given 6/24. What volume of this medication should be poured for a single dose if stock available is 125 mg/5 ml?

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Definitions:

Frequency Increase

An elevation in the rate or number of occurrences of a particular event or phenomenon within a specific time frame.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning principle where a behavior is reinforced only some of the time, leading to a slower acquisition of behavior but greater resistance to extinction.

Shaping

The process of reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behavior to teach new behaviors.

Reinforces

In psychology, refers to consequences that increase the likelihood of the behavior that led to them being repeated in the future.