24 Multiple Choice 1 point A patient is to receive 15 mg of a medication. Each tablet comes in an available dosage of 1.25 mg.How many tablets should the nurse administer? 12 3 0.5 6

To determine how many tablets the nurse should administer, you need to divide the total dosage required by the dosage per tablet.<br /><br />The patient needs 15 mg of medication, and each tablet contains 1.25 mg.<br /><br />\[ \text{Number of tablets} = \frac{\text{Total dosage required}}{\text{Dosage per tablet}} = \frac{15 \, \text{mg}}{1.25 \, \text{mg/tablet}} \]<br /><br />\[ \text{Number of tablets} = 12 \]<br /><br />Therefore, the nurse should administer 12 tablets.