The nurse prepare needs to irrigate a clientpatient's wound with 500 mL of 1/5 strength of hydrogen peroxide.How much hydrogen peroxide should the nurse use when preparing this solution?

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The nurse should use the equation 500 mL (1/5 strength)= mL full strength hydrogen peroxide.When solving the equation,500/5 = 100 mL.The nurse would use 100 mL of full strength hydrogen peroxide to make the solution.

The Nurse Prepare Needs to Irrigate a Clientpatient's Wound with 500