You have been assigned to a surgical ward and you are working with a registered nurse in the peri-operative bay. Four clients have surgery booked for today, and two are recovering from surgery yesterday. The registered nurse asks you to assist with medications by checking her calculations.
-Mrs Cootes, who is to have surgery to remove gallstones this afternoon, is in pain. She is permitted intramuscular Hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan), 14 mg, and morphine 8 mg 4/24 PRN. If Buscopan is available as 20 mg/ml, what volume of this medication is required?

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The Answer of You have been assigned to a surgical ward and you are working with a registered nurse in the peri-operative bay. Four clients have surgery booked for today, and two are recovering from surgery yesterday. The registered nurse asks you to assist with medications by checking her calculations.
-Mrs Cootes, who is to have surgery to remove gallstones this afternoon, is in pain. She is permitted intramuscular Hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan), 14 mg, and morphine 8 mg 4/24 PRN. If Buscopan is available as 20 mg/ml, what volume of this medication is required?

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