A bolus has been ordered for a patient and it needs to be delivered as an IVPB .The reconstituted medication is available in a vial labeled 1.5 mg/3 ml. The reconstituted vial is then added to the 50 ml of fluid resulting in a new volume of 53 ml.  The patient was ordered to receive 22 mg of medication in the bolus. How many ml need to be administered?

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A bolus has been ordered for a patient and it needs to be delivered as an IVPB .The reconstituted medication is available in a vial labeled 1.5 mg/3 ml. The reconstituted vial is then added to the 50 ml of fluid resulting in a new volume of 53 ml.  The patient was ordered to receive 22 mg of medication in the bolus. How many ml need to be administered? 

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