This video demonstrates in a very easy way how to solve pediatric safe dosage calculations you're required to solve in nursing school.

This problems details that the patient weighs 48 lbs and is ordered 850 mg PO (by mouth) q8hr (every 8 hours). The safe dose range for this patient is 100300 mg/kg/day. You need to determine if this is a safe dose for the patient.

To solve this problem you can use the formula: kg x min./max. dose = dosage

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