Calculating Oral Medication Doses a Oral Dose Calculations Guestons The prescriber orders digoxin elixir 125 mog PO every AM. The pharmacy sends a bottle labeled: Digoxin elixir \( 0.05 \mathrm{mg} / \mathrm{mL} \). How many milliliters will the nurse administer? Write your answer as a decimal number. Enter only the numeral (not the unit of measurement) in your answer. Enter your answer.

To calculate the amount of digoxin elixir to administer, you need to convert the prescribed dose from milligrams to milliliters using the concentration provided. The prescriber ordered 125 mcg (micrograms), which is equivalent to 0.125 mg (since 1 mg = 1000 mcg). The concentration of the elixir is 0.05 mg/mL. Therefore, you can set up the equation: \[ \text{mL} = \frac{\text{Desired Dose (mg)}}{\text{Concentration (mg/mL)}} \] Substituting the values: \[ \text{mL} = \frac{0.125 \text{ mg}}{0.05 \text{ mg/mL}} = 2.5 \text{ mL} \] So, the nurse should administer 2.5 mL.