Given: Compute the Amount of Medication You Will Give to Administer

Essay

Given: Compute the amount of medication you will give to administer one dose of the following medication orders. Assume all tablets are scored, when necessary. The problems and drug orders are presented for practice only, and actual prescribed dosages will vary according to a patient's age, condition, reaction, additional medications, and other factors.
-Decide which supply you would select and enter the number of tablets you would give.

$\begin{array}{llcc}\text {Order: }&\text {codeine gr }\frac{1}{4} \text {p.o. q.4h p.r.n., pain}\\\text {Supply: }&\text { 15 mg , 30 mg , and 60 mg tablets}\\\text {Give: }&\text { Select } \underline {\quad\quad\quad\quad }\text {mg tablets, and give} \underline {\quad\quad\quad\quad }\text { tablet ( s )}\\\end{array}$