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QUESTION 17 1. The health care provider prescribes a medication for 30 mg/kg/day. The client weighs 86.4 kg. What is the daily dose to be administered? Round final answer to nearest whole number. _______ mg/day QUEST ...

QUESTION 17 1. The health care provider prescribes a medication for 30 mg/kg/day. The client weighs 86.4 kg. What is the daily dose to be administered? Round final answer to nearest whole number. _______ mg/day QUESTION 18 1. Calculate infusion rate:The health care provider prescribes a medication mixed in 25 mL NS and will infuse over 15 minutes. The IV tubing set drop factor is 15 gtt/mL. Calculate the rate of flow in gtt/min. Round final answer to nearest whole number.__________ gtt/minute QUESTION 19 1. The health care provider prescribes a medication for 65 mg/kg/day. The client weighs 94.7 kg. What is the daily dose to be administered? Round final answer to nearest whole number. _______ mg/day QUESTION 20 1. Calculate the infusion rate:The health care provider prescribes a medication 18 mcg/kg/min for a client who weighs 54.7 kg. The infusion bag contains 500 mg in 250 mL of NS. Calculate the IV infusion rate in milliliter per hour. Round final answer to the nearest whole number.__________ mL/hr QUESTION 21 1. Determine the daily maintenance fluid requirement for a child who weighs 16 kg. _________ mL/day daily maintenance fluid requirement 100ml/kg for 1st 10kg+ 50ml/kg for 2nd 10kg+ 20ml/kg for remainder of weight in kg= daily maintenance fluid requirement QUESTION 22 1. Calculate infusion rate:The health care provider prescribes a medication mixed in 75 mL D5W and will infuse over 45 minutes. The IV tubing set drop factor is 20 gtt/mL. Calculate the rate of flow in gtt/min. Round final answer to nearest whole number.__________ gtt/minute QUESTION 23 1. Convert the following unit of measurement:208 lb = _________ kg QUESTION 24 1. Calculate infusion rate:The health care provider prescribes 1,550 units/hr of heparin via continuous IV infusion. Heparin is supplied as 40,000 units in 1000 mL D5W. What is the continuous IV infusion rate in milliliters per hour? Round final answer to nearest whole number. __________ mL/hr QUESTION 25 1. Calculate the infusion rate:The health care provider prescribes dopamine 12 mcg/kg/min for a client who weighs 76 kg. The infusion contains dobutamine 800 mg in 250 mL of NS. Calculate the IV infusion rate in milliliter per hour. Round final answer to the nearest whole number.__________ mL/hr QUESTION 26 1. Calculate the infusion rate:The health care provider prescribes procainamide 2 mg/min by continuous IV infusion. The available supply is 1 g of procainamide in 500 mL D5W. Calculate the continuous IV infusion rate. Round final answer to the nearest whole number.___________ mL/hr QUESTION 27 1. Calculate infusion rate:The health care provider prescribes 1,250 units/hr of heparin via continuous IV infusion. Heparin is supplied as 30,000 units in 1000 mL D5W. What is the continuous IV infusion rate in milliliters per hour? Round final answer to nearest whole number. __________ mL/hr QUESTION 28 1. Calculate infusion rate:The health care provider prescribes heparin 26 units/kg/hr by continuous IV infusion for a client who weighs 87 kg. Heparin is supplied as 25,000 units in 500 mL of D5W. Calculate the IV infusion rate. Round final answer to the nearest whole number.__________ mL/hr QUESTION 29 1. The recommended safe dose for cefotaxime is 200 mg/kg/day divided into doses every 8 hours. Calculate the safe amount to be given per dose for a client who weighs 49 kg. Round final naswer to the nearest whole number. _________ mg/dose QUESTION 30 1. The health care provider prescribes amoxicillin 250 mg PO ( orally) every eight hours. The client weighs 20 kg. The safe dosage range for amoxicillin is reported to be 20 - 50 mg/kg/day in equally divided doses every eight hours. Is this a safe dosage to administer to this client? True False QUESTION 31 1. Calculate infusion rate:The health care provider prescribes D5W 750 mL to infuse over 10 hours.The IV tubing set drop factor is 20 gtt/mL. Calculate the rate of flow in gtt/min. Round final answer to the nearest whole number._________ gtt/min QUESTION 32 1. Calculate the infusion rate:The health care provider prescribes heparin 14 units/kg/hr via continuous infusion for a client who weighs 78 kg. Heparin is supplied with 25,000 units in 500 of LR. Calculate the IV infusion rate. Round final answer to the nearest whole number.________ mL/hr QUESTION 33 1. Calculate infusion rate:The health care provider prescribes 1000 mL D5W to infuse over 8 hours. The IV tubing set drop factor is 20 gtt/mL. Calculate the rate of flow in gtt/min. Round final answer to nearest whole number.__________ gtt/minute QUESTION 34 1. Electronic infusion devices are very accurate, thus allowing the nurse to check on the infusion less frequently. True False QUESTION 35 1. The health care provider prescribes penicillin 600,000 units every 6 hours for a child who weighs 23.5 kg. The recommended dosage is 100,000 - 250,000 units/kg/day in divided doses every 6 hours. Is this a safe and appropriate dose?