A nurse working in a clinic is teaching a patient how much cough syrup to take.The cough syrup comes in a 250-mL bottle,and the dosage is 10 mL every 4 hours.How many teaspoons should she instruct the patient to take?

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When the accuracy of a medication dose is not critical,it is safe to use household measures.For example,you can safely measure many OTC medications by this method.In this case 5 mL = 1 teaspoon,so 10 mL would equal 2 teaspoons.

A Nurse Working in a Clinic Is Teaching a Patient