A nurse is preparing to administer oxycodone 10 mg PO every 6 hr PRN severe pain to a client who is postpartum following a cesarean birth Available is oxycodone 5 mg tablets. How many tablets should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

Given: Prescribed dose: 10 mg of oxycodone per dose Available tablets: 5 mg tablets Steps to solve: Determine the number of tablets per dose: Find how many 5 mg tablets are needed to make 10 mg of oxycodone. Set up a proportion to solve for the unknown number of tablets (X): 5 mg/tablet = 10 mg/X tablets Cross-multiplying gives us: 5 mg x X tablets = 10 mg x 1 tablet Simplifying: 5X = 10 Solving for X: X = 10 / 5 = 2 tablets