Round Dosage and Weight to the Nearest Tenth as Indicated

question 24

Short Answer

Round dosage and weight to the nearest tenth as indicated.Separate answers with a comma followed by a space.
Order: Phenobarbital 45 mg PO BID is ordered for a child with seizures weighing 35 lb.The recommended dosage is 6 to 8 mg/kg/24 h,given every day or DID.
The child's weight is _____ kg and the safe dosage range is from _______ mg/day to _______ mg/day;you would
a.Administer or
b.Call the prescriber (answer a or b).

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Definitions:

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of all values in an entire population, indicating how much individual data points deviate from the mean of the population.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample data, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter.

Confidence Interval

A gamut of values generated from sample statistics, which is likely to envelop the value of an unseen population parameter.

Standard Error

A metric that quantifies the spread of sample averages around the mean of the entire population.