Question

Order: Pepto-Bismol 1 tablespoon. Available: 120 ml (4 oz) bottle. What dose will the nurse give?

Answer 1

To determine the dose of Pepto-Bismol in milliliters when the order is for 1 tablespoon, we use the conversion that 1 tablespoon is approximately 14.79 milliliters, which we round to 15 milliliters as the dose the nurse will give.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question relates to converting a dosage from tablespoons to milliliters in order to determine what dose the nurse will give from a 120 ml bottle of Pepto-Bismol when the order is for 1 tablespoon.

we know that 1 teaspoon is approximately 4.93 milliliters. Since there are 3 teaspoons in 1 tablespoon, we multiply 4.93 ml by 3 to get the milliliters per tablespoon:

4.93 ml/teaspoon x 3 teaspoons/tablespoon = 14.79 milliliters/tablespoon

To find out how much the nurse will administer, we round the result to the nearest whole number, because medication dosages typically use whole numbers. Therefore, the nurse will give:

15 milliliters of Pepto-Bismol.

Answer 2

The dose that is expected for the nurse to give would be = 15ml of Pepto-Bismol.

What is dosage of a drug?

The dosage of a drug is the quantity of drug that is prescribed for an individual by the physician that is expected to be taken in a particular time of a given quantity.

Give that 1 bottle of Bismol = 120ml

I tablespoon is equivalent to 15ml

Therefore, the nurse is to give a dosage of 15ml of Pepto-Bismol