Question

question 2 (25 points)
a pediatric nurse made an error of 0.1 mg in the dosage of a childs medication. the correct dosage for the child is a total of 700 mg of the medicine to be administered over the course of 7 days. the error of 0.1 resulted in the nurse prescribing 1000 mg of this medication. which of the following identifies the effects of the errors that the nurse made? select all that apply.
this error is not something to be concerned with since it is always better to have more than enough than not enough medication.
the patient was prescribed 300 mg more than the correct calculated dosage.
this error could result in the patient consuming too much of the medication which can be harmful and/or deadly depending on the type of medication.
the patient was precribed 300 mg less than the correct dosage.

Explanation:

The correct dosage is 700 mg and the prescribed dosage is 1000 mg. So the difference is 1000 - 700=300 mg more than the correct dosage. Over - prescribing medication can be harmful or deadly depending on the type of medicine. It is not safe to assume that having more medicine is better.

Answer:

The patient was prescribed 300 mg more than the correct calculated dosage.
This error could result in the patient consuming too much of the medication which can be harmful and/or deadly depending on the type of medication.