The nurse has to administer Neupogen 175 mcg subcutaneously every day for 2 weeks. The medication is available as 480 mcg/1.6 mL. How many milliliters of medication would the nurse draw up in the precision syringe? Round to the nearest hundredths.

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There are four types of syringes (3 mL, 1-mL precision, insulin U-100, and insulin U-50). The 1-mL precision syringe is used for subcutaneous and intradermal injections. When this syringe is used, carry out decimals three places and round off to the nearest hundredths for milliliters. To determine how many milliliters to give, use this formula: Desired amount/Available amount × Quantity. Therefore, 175 mcg/480 mcg × 1.6 mL = 0.583 mL. In rounding off numbers, when the last number is 5 or more, add 1 to the previous number; when the number is 4 or less, drop the number. Therefore, 0.583 = 0.58. Since the amount of medication to give (0.58 mL) is less than 1 mL, use the 1-mL precision syringe.

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