A child weighing 25 kilograms is receiving ampicillin 300 mg/kg/24 hours intravenously in equally divided doses every 4 hours. How many mg should the nurse administer to the child for each dose? (Enter numeric value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest tenth.)

A child weighing 25 kilograms is receiving ampicillin 300 mg/kg/24 hours intravenously in equally divided doses every 4 hours. This means that the child is receiving a total of 7500 mg of ampicillin per day (300 mg/kg/day × 25 kg = 7500 mg/day). Since there are 24 hours in a day and the doses are given every 4 hours, the child will receive a total of 6 doses per day (24 hours/day ÷ 4 hours/dose = 6 doses/day). Therefore, for each dose, the nurse should administer 1250 mg of ampicillin (7500 mg/day ÷ 6 doses/day = 1250 mg/dose).