Question

A health care provider's prescription reads 200 mcg orally daily. The medication label reads 0.1 mg per tablet. The nurse administers how many tablet(s) to the client?

a) 0.5 tablet
b) 1 tablet
c) 2 tablets
d) 5 tablets

Answer 1

To administer a health care provider's prescription of 200 mcg orally daily when the medication label reads 0.1 mg per tablet, the nurse should administer 2 tablets to the client.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine the number of tablets the nurse should administer, we need to convert the dosage from micrograms (mcg) to milligrams (mg) since the medication label reads in milligrams.

Given that 1 mg is equal to 1000 mcg, we can convert the dosage by dividing 200 mcg by 1000 to get 0.2 mg.

We can then divide the prescribed dosage of 0.2 mg by the dosage per tablet (0.1 mg) to find the number of tablets needed: 0.2 mg / 0.1 mg = 2 tablets.