Equivalents
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Basic Calculations
How much do I weigh?
Can we pump you up?
100

1 gram is equal to how many mg?

1000 milligrams

100

Heparin is used for what?

Blood thinning

100

The doctor orders Sulfasalazine 1 g and on hand, you have Sulfasalazine 500 mg/tab.  How many tablets will you administer?

2 tablets

100

How many pounds are in 1 kg?

2.2

100

You have 2000 mL to infuse over a period of 10 hours.  How many hours will it take to infuse this drug?

10

200

1 mg is equal to how many mEq?

39.1

200

Lisinopril is used for what?

Lowering blood pressure.

200

The doctor orders Nembutal gr 1 1/2 and on hand, you have Nembutal 100 mg/cap.  How many capsules do you administer?

0.9 or 1

200

The doctor orders Gentamicin Sulfate 2mg/kg/day IVPB q 8 h.  The child weighs 40 pounds.  Availalbe is Gentamicin 40 mg/mL.  How many mL do you administer in 1 dose?

0.3 ml/dose

200

Dr. Smith orders 500 mL IV fluid to infuse in 12 hours.  How many mL per hour will the IV infuse?

42 mL/hr

300

5 ml equals how many tsp?

1

300

Loratidine is the generic name for what drug?

Claritin

300

Dr. Health orders Dilanin gr 1 1/2 for Billy Froth. The label on the bottle o Dilantin reads 30 mg/tab.  How many tabs will you give? 

3 tablets

300

Alta is to have 2 mg of medication per kg of body weight.  Alta weighs 55 kg.  How many mg of medication will she receive?  

110 mg

300

Dr. Betty Ross orders 1500 mL D5 1/2 NA IV fluid to infuse in 16 hours.  How many mL will infuse in 1 hour?

94 mL/hr

400

cc are the same as

mL

400
What is hypertension?

High blood pressure

400
Micky David is having chest pain.  Nitroglycerin has not helped.  He has an order for Morphine gr 1/4.  he label on the Tubex reads Morphine 15 mg per mL.  How many mL will you administer?

1 mL

400

Timmy Pike is receiving 1000 mL of D5W.  The doctor orders KCL 2.5 mEq per 100 mL of IV fluid added to the bag.  You have a vial labeled KCL 40 mEq per 10 mL.  How many mL's KCL will you add?

6.25 mL

400

Dr. Thomas wants his diabetic patient to have an insulin rip.  He orders 40 units of Humalog in 500 mL of 9% NS.  The IV is to infuse at 2 u/hr.  Calculate the mL per hour the patient will receive.

25 mL/hr

500

How many milligrams are in 1 grain?

60

500

Synthroid is used for what?

A thyroid replacement.

500

The doctor orders Atropine gr 1/150.  On hand, you have Atropine 0.4 mg/ml.  How many mL do you administer?

1 mL

500

Trisha Mull is to have a 500 mL bag of D5W added when the 1000 mL bag she is receiving is completed.  Dr. Sharp orders 15 mEq of KCL aded to the 500 mL bag.  You have a vial of KCL labeled 20 mEq per 10 mL.  How many mL of KCL will you add to the new bag?

7.5 mL

500

The doctor orders Aminophylline 250 mg in 250 mL of IV soluion.  Infuse a 0.9 mg/kg/hr.  Your client weighs 100 kg.  At what rate will you set the IV infusion pump?

68mL/hr

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