Furosemide 50mg IV push now.
Available: Furosemide 40mg/10mL
How many mL will you give? - 12.5
The IV order is for D5W to infuse at 100 mL/hr. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL. How many drops per minute (gtt/min) shou
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Furosemide 50mg IV push now.
Available: Furosemide 40mg/10mL
How many mL will you give? - 12.5
The IV order is for D5W to infuse at 100 mL/hr. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL. How many drops per minute (gtt/min) should the IV be regulated? - 17
4 Tablespoons = ______________teaspoons? - 12
Order: Cinoxacin 1 g/day, PO, in two divided doses
Drug available: 500 mg capsules
How many milligrams would you give per dose? - 500
The medication order is to administer Prozac 40 mg PO qid.
Available: Prozac liquid 20 mg per 5 mL
How many mL will you administer? - 10
Order: 35 mg of a medication by mouth tid
Patient weight: 99 pounds
Safe dose range: 2 to 4 mg/kg/day
This is a safe medication order.
A) True
B) False - True
The nurse wants to give 2 g of magnesium sulfate and has available a medication labeled 50% magnesium sulfate in 20 mL.
How many mL will the nurse administer? - 4
The BSA of a 5-year-old patient is 0.9 m2
Medication order: Carmustine 75 mg/m2 every day times 2 days
Available: 100 mg/10 mL vial
The patient would receive a dose of _____ mL/day times 2 days. - 6.8
Order: LR 1000 mL at 90 mL/hr.
How many hours are required to administer the following fluid at the given rate? - 11.1
The BSA of a patient who is 3 years old is 0.62 m2.
Medication order: Daunorubicin 25 mg/m2 weekly
Available: 2 mg/mL in 25 mL vial
The patient would receive a dose of _____ mg/week. - 15.5
Medication order: lidocaine, continuous infusion at 2 mg/min on the infusion pump.
Available: IV of 500 mL D5W with 2 g lidocaine added
What will be the hourly rate for the infusion pump (mL/hour)? - 30
Patient weight: 32 kg
Medication order: Nitroprusside 2 mcg/kg/min
Pediatric dose: 200-500 mcg/kg/hr
Drug available: Nitroprusside 50 mg/5 mL
Dilution: 50.5 mg in 250 mL of NS at 19 mL/hr
Will this dilution deliver 2 mcg/kg/min?
A) True
B) False - True
What is the weight in pounds of someone who weighs 100 KGs? - 220
Calculate the total dose of a medication to be administered if a patient weighs 22 pounds and is to be given 60 mg/kg/day? - 600
Order: D5 1/4 1000 mL at 100 mL/hr.
How many hours are required to administer the following fluid at the given rate? - 10
Medication order: Meperidine (Demerol) 35 mg, IM, q4-6h, prn. Available: Demerol 50mg/ml.
How many milliliters of Demerol would you give per dose? - .7
Medication order: Meperidine (Demerol) 35 mg, IM, q4-6h, prn. Available: Demerol 50mg/ml.
How many milliliters of Demerol would you give per dose? - 80
Order: D10W at 40 mL/hr.
What is the drop rate per minute if the drop factor is 15 gtt/mL? - 10
Medication order: Meperidine 70 mg and Atropine sulfate 0.4 mg, IM, STAT. Available: Meperdine 100 mg/ml and Atropine 400 mcg/ml.
How many milliliters of meperidine would you give? - .7
Medication on hand: Insulin 50 units in 100 mL
How many units per mL? - .5
Order: Clindamycin 300 mg, PO, q8h
Available: Clindamycin 75 mg/mL
How many milliliters of clindamycin will you give per dose? - 4
The medication order is for Amiken IV for a 45-pound child.
Calculate the dosage if the normal pediatric dose is 15 mg/kg. - 306.82
Convert 422 grams to kilograms. - .42
The doctor overs Amoxicillin 1 gram in 1000 mls of normal saline over 8 hours.
What is the rate in ml's/hours? - 125
Order: Cephalexin 0.5 g, PO, q6h.
How many milligrams equal 0.5 g? - 500
Order: Cloxacillin 1 g/d, PO, in four divided doses, q6h.
Available: 250 mg per capsule.
How many capsule(s) would you give per dose? - 1
Medication order: Dobutamine 250 mg in 250 mL at 4.5 mcg/kg/min
Patient Weight: 125 lb
Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour. - 15.34
What should the nurse do if the medication order is not legible?
A) Call the prescriber for clarification
B) Do the best he or she can to interpret the drug order
C) Refuse to give the medication
D) Call the pharmacy for interpretation of the drug order - A
Medication order: Meperidine 70 mg and Atropine sulfate 0.4 mg, IM, STAT. Available: Meperdine 100 mg/ml and Atropine 400 mcg/ml.
How many milliliters of Atropine would you give? - 1
Medication order: Amikacin 500 mg/IM, q12h
Patient's weight: 149 lb
How many kilograms does the patient weigh? - 67.7
Medication order: Dyphylline 0.5 g, IM, q6h
Drug available: Dyphylline 250 mg/mL
How many milliliters of dyphylline would you give per dose? - 2
Medication order: Oxacillin 250 mg, IM, q6h.
Available: 1.5 ml/250 mg of Oxacillin.
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