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The prescriber orders Solu-Cortef 92mg IV q.12h. The nurse finds an Act-O-Vial of Solu-Cortef in the patient's medication cabinet. How many milliters will the nurse administer?

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Final answer:

The question about how many milliliters of Solu-Cortef to administer cannot be answered without knowing the concentration of the medication in the Act-O-Vial.

Step-by-step explanation:

The information provided does not contain the concentration of the Solu-Cortef solution or the volume that should be withdrawn from the Act-O-Vial. To determine how many milliliters the nurse will administer, the concentration of the medication in the vial must be known. Without this, a calculation cannot be accurately completed. The correct dosage administration depends on converting the ordered dose (92 mg) into the appropriate volume using the available concentration.

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