[SOLVED] Dosage Calculation
There are 30 questions in all. Dosage calculation test. 1. A client’s intake was the following: 3/4 cup of coffee (cup = 8 oz) 1 can of ginger ale (1 can = 12 oz) 1/2 glass of cranberry juice (glass = 6 oz) How many milliliters will you record on the intake and output (I&O) sheet? ____________________ mL Calculate the following dosage. Order: Zantac 300 mg p.o daily at bedtime. Available:150 mg tablets how much will you administer? Dosage: ____________________ Calculate the following dosage. Order: Synthroid 0.15 mg p.o daily. Available: Synthroid tablets labeled 75 mcg. Dosage: ____________________ tab(s) Calculate the following dosage. Order: Diazepam 4 mg via nasogastric tube t.i.d. Available: Diazepam oral solution 5 mg/5 mL How many milliliters should the client receive per dosage? ____________________ mL How many milligrams will the client receive per day? ____________________ mg/day Calculate the following dosage. Order: Diazepam 4 mg via nasogastric tube t.i.d. Available: Diazepam oral solution 5 mg/5 mL How many milliliters should the client receive per dosage? ____________________ mL How many milligrams will the client receive per day? ____________________ mg/day Calculate the following dosage. Order: Norvasc 5 mg p.o daily. Available: 2.5 mg Dosage: ____________________ Calculate the following dosage. Order: Pindolol 5 mg p.o bid for 1 week; then increase to 10 mg bid the second week. Available: Pindolol tablets labeled 5 mg How many tablets will the client need for the first week? ____________________ tab(s) How many tablets will the client need for the second week? ____________________ tab(s) Calculate the following dosage. Order: Coreg 6.25 mg p.o bid. Available: Coreg tablets labeled 3.125 mg How many tablets should the client receive per dosage? ____________________ tab(s) How many milligrams will the client receive per day? ____________________ mg per day Calculate the dosage. Order: Lovenox 50 mg subcutaneous bid. Available: Lovenox labeled 60 mg/0.6 mL How many milliliters will you administer? ____________________ mL Calculate the dosage. Order: Furosemide 15 mg IM every day. Available: Furosemide labeled 20 mg/2 mL How many milliliters will you administer? ____________________ mL Calculate the dosage and shade the dosage on the syringe where provided. Order: Pancuronium 1.6 mg IV stat. Available: Pancuronium labeled 2 mg/mL How many milliliters will you administer? ____________________ mL Shade in the dosage on the syringe. Calculate the dosage and shade the dosage on the syringe where provided. Order: Heparin 3500 units subcutaneous q 8h. Available: Heparin labeled 5000 units/mL How many milliliters will you administer? ____________________ mL Calculate the dosage. Order: Heparin 45,000 units IV in 500 mL D5W. Available: Heparin labeled 10,000 units/mL How many milliliters will you add to the IV? ____________________ mL Order is for Augmentin 200 mg. Available 125mg/5 ml How many mL will you give? _________________________mL (Round to the nearest tenth) Ordered NS 1000 ml over 12 hours. Drop factor 15gtt/ml. What will be the drip rate per minute? __________________ Ordered Vancomycin 1 GM in 250 ml NS to infuse over one hour. Drop factor 10gtts/ml. Calculate the drip rate to the nearest whole number _______________ Ordered Morphine Sulfate 6 mg IM. Available 10mg/ml How much will you administer? ______________________ ml Order 450 mg Available 250mg/15 ml. How much will you administer? _________________________________ Ordered Digoxin 0.25 mg Available 0.5mg/2ml How much will you administer? ____________________ Ordered Ampicillin 8 mg. Available 125mg/25ml How much will you administer? _______________________ Ordered Erthromycin 250mg po Q 6 hours Available 300mg/5ml How much will you administer? __________________________ Ordered Gentamycin 500 mg Available: 250mg/5ml How much will you administer? __________________________ Ordered Lactated Ringers 1000ml to infuse over 8 hours Drop factor 60gtts/ml What will the drip rate be per minute? _____________________ Ordered Synthroid 0.05 mg Available Synthroid 50mcg What will you administer? ____________________ Ordered KCL 40meq daily Available 10meq/tablet How much will you administer? ________________________ Ordered Reglan 5 mg IV push Available: Reglan 10mg/2 ml How much will you administer? _____________________ Ordered: Cogentin 1.5mg to be given IM Available: Cogentin 2mg /2ml How much will you administer? _________________________ The physician writes an order for heparin 900units/hr. The label on the I.V. bag reads: Heparin 10,000 units in 500 mL D5W. How many mL/hr. will deliver the correct dose? Give Regular insulin by continuous I.V. infusion at 20units/hr. The solution is 250 mL NS with 100 units of Regular insulin. What rate on the infusion pump will deliver the correct dose? Give Ceclor 45 mg/kg/day p.o. in 3 divided doses for a patient who weighs 66 pounds. A 75 mL stock medication is labeled Ceclor 125 mg/mL. How many mL would the nurse administer per dose?
