The healthcare provider prescribes enoxaparin sodium 80 mg SUBQ twice daily. The nurse is preparing a preloaded 1 mL syringe labeled, "enox“parin sodium injection, USP 60 mg/0.6 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Enter numeric value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest tenth.)

The nurse should administer 0.8 mL of the enoxaparin sodium injection. Here's th’ breakdown of the calculation: Prescribed dose: 80 mg Available medication: 60 mg/0.6 mL The nurse needs to determine the volume of the available medication that delivers the prescribed dose of 80 mg. We can set up a proportion to find the desired volume (x): Prescribed dose (mg) : Desired volume (mL) = Concentration (mg/mL) : Available volume (mL) Plugging in the values: 80 mg : x mL = 60 mg/0.6 mL : 0.6 mL To isolate x (desired volume), we can cross-multiply: x mL x (60 mg/0.6 mL) = 80 mg x 0.6 mL Simplifying the equation 0.6x mL = 48 mg To find x (desired volume), we can divide both sides by 0.6 mL: x mL = (48 mg) / (0.6 mL/mL) // Cancel out units (mg/mL) x = 80 mL However, the answer needs to be rounded to the nearest tenth since medication dosages are measured precisely. Therefore, the nurse should administer 0.8 mL of the enoxaparin sodium injection.