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30mL = ____ cc
30cc
Your patient with a medication reaction complains of pruritus and has Benadryl 25mg IM PRN ordered. You have Benadryl 50mg/mL available. How many milliliters will you administer?
0.5mL
A patient with an acute myocardial infarction has IV nitroglycerin ordered at 20mcg/min. The concentration is nitroglycerin 50mg in 250mL of D5W. How many milliliters per hour should the IV pump be programmed for?
6mL/hr
Calculate the pounds and ounces for a child who weighs 9.6lbs. Round ounces to the nearest whole number.
9lbs and 10oz
210mL = _____ fl oz
7 fl oz
115lbs = ______ kg
Round to nearest tenths
52.3kg
The licensed prescriber orders levothyroxine 100mcg PO daily. You have 0.05mg tablets available. How many tablets will you administer per dose?
2 tablets
A patient with hypotension has dopamine ordered at 3mcg/kg/min. The patient weighs 85kg. The concentration is dopamine 2g in 500mL of D5W. How many milliliters per hour should the IV pump be programmed for? Round to the nearest whole number.
4mL/hr
A child weighs 35.2lbs. Calculate the child's 24hr maintenance fluid requirements.
1,300mL/24hrs
A patient with diabetes has an order for regular insulin IV at 9units/hr. The concentration is insulin 500 units in 500mL of 0.9% NS. How many milliliters per hour should the IV pump be programmed for?
9mL/hr
98.60F = ____ 0C
370C
Mrs. Star has epoetin 16,000 units subcutaneous injection three times a week for anemia as a result of her chemotherapy. Epoetin comes in 10,000 units/mL multi-dose vials. How many milliliters will you administer for each dose?
1.6mL
An infant is to receive 150mL of whole blood over 3 hours. Using microdrip (60gtt/mL) tubing, how many drops per minute are needed?
50gtts/min
Calculate the 24-hour maintenance fluid requirements for a child who weighs 72 lb. How many milliliters per hour are needed to deliver the maintenance fluids? Round to the nearest whole number.
It is 0830 and a patient's IV bag has 675mL left to infuse. The current infusion rate is 75mL/hr. If the IV pump infuses without interruptions, at what time will the IV infusion complete? Please report your answer in military time.
1730
50in = ________ mm
1,250mm
150mL
Your patient is on a heparin drip at a current rate of 14mL/hr. Patient weighs 80kg. Heparin concentration is 100units/mL. You just got back her aPTT result of 92. Per the heparin protocol, you need to decrease the heparin drip by 2units/kg/hr for an aPTT of 92. What is the new infusion rate in mL/hr? Round to nearest tenth.
12.4mL/hr
The licensed prescriber orders amoxicillin 500 mg po q 6 h for a child weighing 44 lb. Amoxicillin is supplied in 250-mg capsules. The recommended daily oral dosage is 25 to 50 mg/kg/24 h in divided doses q 6 h. Is the order safe?
No, 2,000mg/day is greater than the maximum recommended daily dose of 1,000mg/day
A child is receiving vancomycin 450mg IVPB Q6h. The patient weights 70.4 lbs on admission. How many mg/kg/24hrs is the patient receiving? Round to the nearest tenth.
56.3mg/kg/24hr
1,200,560mg = ____ lbs
Round to the nearest tenths
2.6lbs
Your patient with osteomyelitis receives penicillin G 600,000 units IM twice daily. You add 8.2mL of diluent to reconstitute the medication. How many milliliters will you administer?
mL diluent added: units/mL of solution:
18.2mL 250,000 u/mL
8.2mL 500,000 u/mL
3.2mL 1,000,000 u/mL
1.2mL
The prescriber orders 1,000mL of D5W with 20 units of oxytocin to begin at 4mU/min and then increase by 3mU/min every 20 minutes until regular contractions begin. Maximum dose is 20mU/min. What is the IV rate for the maximum infusion?
60mL/hr
A neonate weighs 2,012g. He is to receive ampicillin 100 to 200 mg/kg/24 h divided q 6 h IV per syringe for otitis media. What is the safe and therapeutic single-dose range?
50.3mg/dose (minimum) to 100.6mg/dose (maximum)
1. Bolus dose of 70units/kg; to infuse over 5 minutes
2. Begin infusion of heparin at 17 units/kg/hr (heparin comes in 100units/mL)
What is the beginning infusion rate in mL/hr? Round to the nearest whole number.
11mL/hr