A 35-year-old female in the 30th week of gestation is admitted to the hospital in premature labor. The orders from the physician include:
· Bed rest in left lateral position
· Monitor intake and output
· Daily weights
· Continuous fetal monitoring
· Monitor blood pressure, pulse rate, respirations, fetal heart rate, uterine contraction pattern, and neurologic reflexes
· Keep calcium gluconate at the bedside
· Initiate magnesium sulfate 4 g in 250 cc LR loading dose over 20 min, then 2 g in 250 cc LR at 2 g/hr until contractions stop
· Continue tocolytic therapy with terbutaline (Brethine) 0.25 mg SQ every 30 min for 2 hr after contractions stop
· Give nifedipine (Procardia) 10 mg sublingual now, then 20 mg PO q6h after infusion of magnesium sulfate and contractions have stopped
· Betamethasone 12 mg IM × 2 doses 12 hr apart
· IV LR 1000 cc over 8 hr
Identify the orders that require calculations.
Set up and solve each problem using dimensional analysis.
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