Assignment Task: You are seeing a 9-year-old child with a complaint of left ear pain off and on since last week. Your assessment reveals the left tympanic membrane that is 'raging red' and bulging. Current guidelines direct a dose of Amoxicillin of 90mg/kg/day. The child weighs 60kg and your calculations reveal the daily dose to 5400mg/day. The maximum adult daily dose for amoxicillin is 4000mg/day. As the advanced practice nurse working with this child which of the following actions do you identify to be the most appropriate?
- Choose a different antibiotic since the calculated dose exceeds the max adult dose
- Dose 5400mg divided into 3 doses daily of 1800mg each
- Have the mother bring the child back for reassessment in 3 days
- Dose 4000mg divided into 2 doses daily of 2000mg each