A client receives a prescription for penicillin G 1,000,000 units intramuscular (IM) daily. The medication is available in 1,200,000 units/2 mL syringe. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Enter numeric value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest tenth.)

To find out how many mL the nurse should administer: We can set up a proportion to solve for the unknown. Given: The prescription is for 1,000,000 units of penicillin G. The available medication is 1,200,000 units/2 mL. We can set up the proportion as follows: 1,000,000 units/ x mL ​= 1,200,000 units​/2 mL Solving for x gives us the volume in mL that the nurse should administer. Cross-multiplying and solving for x: X = 1,000,000 units×2 mL​/1,200,000 units After performing the calculation, we find that x equals 1.67 mL. So, the nurse should administer 1.7 mL (rounded to the nearest tenth) of the medication.