The nurse administers 100 mg of a medication at 0800.The medication's biological half-life is 4 hours.A serum medication level is drawn at 1600.The nurse should anticipate ___________ mg will be left in the body at 1600?

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The medication's half-life is 4 hours, so by 1600 (8 hours later), the medication will have gone through two half-lives: 100 mg to 50 mg (first half-life) and then 50 mg to 25 mg (second half-life).

The Nurse Administers 100 Mg of a Medication at 0800