A 5-year-old boy presents with recent ingestion of an entire bottle of chewable pediatric acetaminophen. The child’s mother learned of the ingestion two hours after it occurred and immediately brought the child to the closest emergency department an hour away. The patient weighs 41 pounds. Which of the following prescriptions should the nurse most likely anticipate initially?
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