Question

The physician orders 10 mg of a drug IV. Available is 16 mg/mL. You should administer ______mL. (record your answer using one decimal place)

Answer 1

To administer a 10 mg dose of a drug available at 16 mg/mL, the correct volume to administer is 0.6 mL when rounded to one decimal place.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the volume of a drug to administer, we use the following formula based on the available drug concentration and the prescribed drug dose: Volume to administer (mL) = Dose prescribed (mg) ÷ Concentration of drug (mg/mL). In this case, the physician orders 10 mg of a drug IV, and it is available at 16 mg/mL. Using the formula, we divide 10 mg by 16 mg/mL to find the volume to administer.

Calculating this we get:

Volume to administer = 10 mg ÷ 16 mg/mL = 0.625 mL

Therefore, the correct volume of the drug to administer is 0.6 mL, rounding to one decimal place.