An order has been written for a patient to receive 0.4 mg of a medication intramuscularly.
Available: 0.8 mg/mL.
How many mL will be given?
What is 0.5 mL
100
What are the main functions of the GI system?
What is absorption, digestion, and metabolism
100
True or False. Antivert is an antidiarrheal medication.
What is False. Anivert is used for nausea and vomiting.
100
If the dose of a drug is 250 mcg, how many doses can be prepared from 0.120 g?
What is 480
200
Ordered: clindamycin 0.75 g IM. Available: clindamycin 150 mg/mL. What is the dose to be given?
What is 5mL
200
Name the three sections of the small intestine.
What is Duodenum, Jejunum, and ileum
200
Name three laxatives.
What is Metamucil, fiber-con, and fleet mineral oil
200
If a patient is experiencing nausea and vomiting, which dosage form would be more effective?
What is suppository
300
Ordered ceftrixine 75 mg IM. Available: ceftrixine 150 mg/mL. What is the dose to be given?
What is 0.5 mL
300
Name the three salivary glands?
What is sublingual, submandibular, and parotid
300
True or false. Gastric pump inhibitors work by inhibiting H+ and K+ needed to generate gastric acid.
What is True
300
You have received a medication order to prepare 250 mL of a 1:500 solution. The pharmacy has in stock a concentrate of 80%. How much of the concentrate will you need to use?
What is 1.6 mL I used the (is)(iv)=(fs)(fv) formula.
400
What is the difference between a tuberculin, insulin and a 3-mL syringe
What is Tuberculin is a 1-mL syringe, Insulin syringes measure units, and a 3-mL syringe measures solutions between 1 and 3 mL.
400
True or false. Sodium compounds do not affect gastric motility, but they do change systemic pH.
What is FALSE
400
Which type of suppository is the safest for treating constipation?
What is Glycerin suppositories
400
How many grams of medication XYZ will a 165-lb patient receive in 7 successive days at a dose of 10mg/kg/day?
What is 5.25 gm
500
Ordered: morphine sulfate gr 1/10 IV q4h. Available: morphine 10 mg/mL. What is the dose to be given?
What is 0.6 mL
500
What are antacids used to treat?
What is peptic ulcers, GERD, and hyperacidity of the stomach
500
Why are Antiemetics prescibed? What does it treat? Can you purchase these OTC or is it prescription only?
What is For nausea and vomiting. Antiemetics are used to treat emesis caused by signals from the GI tract reflexes and used to treat emesis from chemotherapy compounds. Yes can be purchased OTC or prescription.
500
How many teaspoons of a commerically available 17% solution of benzalkonium chloride should be used to prepare 1 quart of 1:750 solution?