document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=158148>Question 158148</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A patient is going to spend 4 days at home during the Thanksgiving holiday. The nurse has been asked to prepare the number of tablets needed for the 4 days. The prescribed medication is 15 mg of Balcofen t.i.d.(three times a day). The medication is available in 10 mg tablets. How many tablets will you send home with this patient? Will you please show your work....Thanks sooo much.  Lean </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Consider: \"15 mg of Balcofen t.i.d.(three times a day)\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This mean each day the patient will need:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15mg * 5 = 45 mg<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then, if the patient needs the above for 4 days:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 * 45 = 180 mg<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finally, since the \"medication is available in 10 mg tablets\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180/10 = 18 tablets<BR>\n" );
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