A client residing in a long-term care facility requires scheduled medications via a percut… — NCLEX-PN

A client residing in a long-term care facility requires scheduled medications via a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube. The primary health care provider prescribes liquid levetiracetam $750 \text{ mg}$ every $12 \text{ hours}$ for seizure management. The supplied medication concentration is $100 \text{ mg/mL}$ . According to the facility's enteral medication protocol, the practical nurse must flush the tube with $30 \text{ mL}$ of purified water immediately before and $30 \text{ mL}$ immediately after administering the medication. Calculate the total fluid volume in milliliters the nurse will administer for a single medication sequence, including the flushes. Record answer to the nearest tenth. Do not include units in answer.

Cevap: 67.5 mL

Cevap

67.5

To determine the total volume administered, the nurse must first calculate the medication volume using the standard formula: Dose desired / Dose on hand = Volume to administer. Therefore,

750 \text{ mg} \div 100 \text{ mg/mL} = 7.5 \text{ mL}

. Next, the nurse must add the flush volumes required before and after the medication to find the total fluid amount for this procedure:

7.5 \text{ mL} + 30 \text{ mL} + 30 \text{ mL} = 67.5 \text{ mL}

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Calculate the volume of the prescribed medication dose.

7.5 \text{ mL}

The required dose (

750 \text{ mg}

) must be divided by the concentration available (

100 \text{ mg/mL}

) to determine how many milliliters of the liquid medication to draw up.

Calculate the total volume of fluid to be administered by adding the medication volume and both flush volumes.

67.5 \text{ mL}

To accurately document the client's fluid intake and ensure proper administration, the nurse must combine the medication volume (

7.5 \text{ mL}

), the pre-administration flush (

30 \text{ mL}

), and the post-administration flush (

30 \text{ mL}

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Enteral Medication Administration and Dosage Calculation

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