A 4-year-old is admitted with croup and receives a prescription for a single dose of dexamethasone 0.6 mg/kg IM. The child weighs 35 pounds. How many mg should the nurse administer? (Enter numerical value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest whole number.)

To answer this question, we need to convert the weight from pounds to kilograms and use the formula: Dose in mg = Weight in kg x Dosage in mg/kg Plugging in the given values, we get: Dose in mg = (35 / 2.2) x 0.6 Dose in mg = 15.909 x 0.6 Dose in mg = 9.545 Rounding to the nearest whole number, we get: Dose in mg = 10 Therefore, the nurse should administer 10 mg of dexamethasone.