Richard Proctor
March 20, 2020
1. A drug is ordered at 1 mg/kg po twice a day. The patient weighs 220 pounds, and the
medication is available in a tablet labeled 100 mg/tablet. The nurse will administer how
many tabl
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Richard Proctor
March 20, 2020
1. A drug is ordered at 1 mg/kg po twice a day. The patient weighs 220 pounds, and the
medication is available in a tablet labeled 100 mg/tablet. The nurse will administer how
many tablet(s) per dose?
2. Using the more concentrated box:
a) Each tablet contains how many mg of captopril?
b) Each tablet contains how many mg of hydrochlorothiazide?
3. The doctor has ordered Ampicillin 500 mg IV TID for a child weighing 28kg. The normal
pediatric dose is 50-200mg/kg/day in divided doses
4. The nurse is ordering drugs for the next 48 hours and need to determine if the unit will
have enough hydroxyzine for the weekend needs: How many milligrams of
hydroxyzine are contained in this vial of Vistaril?
5. A drug is ordered at 4 mg/kg po twice a day. The patient weighs 132 pounds, and the
medication is available in a tablet labeled 120 mg/tablet. The nurse will administer how
many tablet(s) per dose?
6. The physician has ordered a 500 ml of D5W to run at 125mL an hour. The IV infusion
was started at 0830. The nurse must make sure the ordered IV antibiotic is available
when this IV is completed. At what time (use 24 hour clock) should the nurse expect this
IV fluid to be completed?
7.
How many mL of diluent are needed to reconstitute the medication in order to give 500,000 units
IM?
8.The doctor has ordered Novolin R regular U-100 insulin subcut ac per sliding scale. The
patient’s blood sugar at 0800 is 250.
9. The order is: Captopril 12.5 mg is ordered three times a day (tid). The nurse must provide a
day’s worth of medication for this patient to take at home; how many tablets will the patient take
per day?
10. The order is Lidocaine 3mcg/kg/min. The patient weighs 172 pounds. The pharmacy
supplies Lidocaine 1 g in 250 mL D5W. The medication will be delivered by an infusion pump.
The nurse will run the infusion at how many mL per hour for this patient?
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