Given: Compute the Amount of Medication That Will Be Given

Essay

Given: Compute the amount of medication that will be given to administer one dose of the following medication orders by using a proportion to obtain your answers.
Round all parenteral administration orders that are over 1 mL to one decimal place. Round all parenteral administration orders under 1 mL to two decimal places. Do not include zeros at the end of decimal numbers.
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.
- $\begin{array}{ll}\text { Order: } & \text { Methotrexate } 15 \mathrm{mg} \text { IM daily } \\\text { Supply: } & \text { Methotrexate } 1 \text { gram vial } \\\text { Directions: } & \text { Reconstitute with } 2 \mathrm{~mL} \text { of normal saline to yield } 2.5 \mathrm{mg} / \mathrm{mL} \\\text { Give: } &\underline{\quad\quad} \mathrm{mL}\end{array}$