A nurse is assigned to care for a pediatric patient.The most common method for calculating pediatric medication dosage is based on the child's:

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Different methods are used to calculate children's medication dosages.Most of the time,you use a child's weight to calculate the dose.You can use the ratio and proportion method,the formula method,or dimensional analysis to calculate a pediatric dose using body weight.Body surface area (BSA)is used in rare situations (e.g.,determining chemotherapy doses).Refer to a pediatric or pharmacology resource and consult with a patient's health care provider or pharmacist if you have to calculate medications doses for a child.Age and height are not used directly in the calculation.

A Nurse Is Assigned to Care for a Pediatric Patient