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Your patient is ordered Potassium for a Potassium level of 3.3. The pharmacy only supplies Potassium in the powdered form with 20 mEq in each packet to be dissolved in 15 mL of fluid. The patient is to receive 30 mEq of Potassium every 8 hours. How many mL will the patient receive in one day?

Name: your patient is ordered potassium for a potassium level of 33 the pharmacy only supplies potassium in the powdered form with 20 meq in each packet to be dissolved in 15 ml of fluid the patie 65776
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Description: your patient is ordered potassium for a potassium level of 33 the pharmacy only supplies potassium in the powdered form with 20 meq in each packet to be dissolved in 15 ml of fluid the patie 65776

          Your patient is ordered Potassium for a Potassium level of 3.3. The pharmacy only supplies Potassium in the powdered form with 20 mEq in each packet to be dissolved in 15 mL of fluid. The patient is to receive 30 mEq of Potassium every 8 hours. How many mL will the patient receive in one day?

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08/24/2022

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- The patient needs 30 mEq every 8 hours, so in one day (24 hours), the patient will need 30 mEq x 3 = 90 mEq. - Each packet contains 20 mEq, so the patient will need 90 mEq / 20 mEq per packet = 4.5 packets. - Since the patient cannot receive half a packet, the Show more…

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Your patient is ordered Potassium for a Potassium level of 3.3. The pharmacy only supplies Potassium in the powdered form with 20 mEq in each packet to be dissolved in 15 mL of fluid. The patient is to receive 30 mEq of Potassium every 8 hours. How many mL will the patient receive in one day?