Diagnosed with bacterial meningitis

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An 8-year-old patient has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. Yesterday the patient was started on meropenem 1 g IV push every 8 hr. The patient's weight this morning is 25 kg. The nurse reviews the drug reference information and prepares the 0900 dose of IVP meropenem. Which of the following actions will the nurse take? Select all that apply. Validate that the ordered dose of 1 g IV push every 8 hr is a safe dose to administer to this child. Call the physician to check the ordered dose as it exceeds the recommended dose from the drug literature. Choose two 500 mg vials of meropenem and reconstitute each with 20 mL of sterile water for injection. Add 20 mL sterile water for injection to a 1 g vial of meropenem. Administer the reconstituted meropenem over 5 minutes IV push.

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