Question

The physician orders a medication to be administered at 0.9 mg/kg IV. The patient weighs 130 lbs. You are administering ____mg of the medication. (record your answer using one decimal place)

Answer 1

To determine the medication dosage for a 130 lb patient at a rate of 0.9 mg/kg, first convert the weight to kilograms and then calculate the dosage, which is 53.1 mg when rounded to one decimal place.

Step-by-step explanation:

The physician orders a medication to be administered at 0.9 mg/kg IV. The patient weighs 130 lbs. To convert the patient's weight from pounds to kilograms, we use the conversion factor: 1 kg = 2.20462 lbs. Therefore, the patient's weight in kilograms is 130 lbs ÷ 2.20462 lbs/kg = 58.967 kg (rounded to the nearest tenth).

Next, we calculate the dosage of medication: 0.9 mg/kg × 58.967 kg = 53.0703 mg. Following the requirement to record the answer to one decimal place, the medication dosage is 53.1 mg.