A nurse must prepare a 100mg/mL meropenem solution using one…

A nurse must prepare a 100mg/mL meropenem solution using one 500mg ampoule and Water For Injections. The displacement volume for meropenem is 0.3mL/500mg. What volume in millilitres must be added to the ampoule in order to produce the required concentration?  Give your answer to ONE (1) decimal place.

A palliative patient is being cared for at home by the Macmi…

A palliative patient is being cared for at home by the Macmillan nursing team. She is prescribed oxycodone 120mg to be given subcutaneously over 24 hours at home using a McKinley syringe driver. Oxycodone 30mg/mL ampoules are prescribed, and the final syringe is made up to 17mL with sodium chloride 0.9%. What is the concentration of oxycodone in the final syringe? Give your answer in mg/mL and to ONE (1) decimal place.

A 22-year-old man is admitted to hospital with severe burns…

A 22-year-old man is admitted to hospital with severe burns following a house fire. He has an enteral feeding tube inserted and consumes all of his daily calories via the tube. He requires 2500kcal from the enteral feed and he has been prescribed Nutrison Energy, which has 150kcal/100mL. He is going to feed for eight hours over night. At what rate in mL/hour should this feed be delivered? Give your answer to the nearest whole number.