Performing medication reconciliation is vital for optimizing treatment in home health care. Explore the nurse’s approach to administering alirocumab for elevated LDL levels, including dosage calculations and the use of prefilled injection pens for effective management.
The home health nurse is performing a medication reconciliation with a new client.
The client was recently prescribed alirocumab for elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in addition to a statin.
The prescription is noted to be alirocumab 75 mg every two weeks subcutaneously.
If there are 150 mg/mL in the prefilled injection pen, how many pen(s) should the nurse administer every two weeks?
Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero. Any rounding should be completed at the end of the calculation. The answer must be numeric only. Do not add any units of measurement.
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