You are starting heparin therapy for your client Robin Houlihan, a 35 year-old woman diagnosed with a pulmonary embolus.

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You are starting heparin therapy for your client Robin Houlihan, a 35 year-old woman diagnosed with a pulmonary embolus.

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You are starting heparin therapy for your client Robin Houlihan,
a 35 year-old woman diagnosed with a pulmonary embolus. The loading
dose heparin bolus is 80 mg/kg. You have a vial of heparin
injection that contains 5000 units/mL.
Ms. Houlihan "call me Robin, please" weighs 165 lbs.
How many mL will you draw up to give Robin this bolus?
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