The nurse should deliver 3.79 m eq per dosage of potassium gluconate.
Low potassium levels in your body can be prevented and treated with potassium gluconate. Your kidneys, heart, muscles, and nervous system all depend on potassium for good health.
Potassium is a mineral that occurs naturally in food and is essential for your heart, muscles, and nerves to operate normally.
Low potassium levels are prevented by potassium gluconate (hypokalemia).
Other uses for potassium gluconate that aren't covered in this medication guide are possible.
50 pounds divided by 2.2 pounds per kilogram equals 22.72 kilograms.
22.72 kg x 2 m eq/kg = 45.45 m eq
12.H / 45.45 m eq = 3.79 m eq
3.79 m eq.
If our blood potassium level is high or we also take a potassium-sparing diuretic like amiloride, eplerenone, spironolactone, or triamterene, we shouldn't use potassium gluconate.
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