Pat Goss Is a 16-Year-Old Who Was in a Motor

question 87

Multiple Choice

Pat Goss is a 16-year-old who was in a motor vehicle accident. She has several limb fractures, which have been stabilised, and lacerations, which are infected. She has just come to the ward from ICU and you are assisting the registered nurse with her care. The following six questions relate to her care.
-Pat is also having 3 grams of Erythromycin daily, to be given 6/24. This medication is available as 1 g of powder, which will displace 1 ml of fluid on reconstitution. To achieve a

• A) 10 ml
• B) 9 ml
• C) 8 ml
• D) 7 ml

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Definitions:

Meiosis

A type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, resulting in the production of gametes or spores in sexually reproducing organisms.

Mitosis

A process of cell division in which a single cell divides to produce two identical daughter cells, each with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

Fusion

Fusion is the process or result of joining two or more things together to form a single entity.

Nuclear Envelope

A double membrane that encloses the nucleus in eukaryotic cells, separating the nucleus from the cytoplasm.