Conversions
4 kg = _____ g
4000g
A client is to receive 10 mg of a medicine. The tablets available are 20 mg. How many tablets do you need?
1/2 scored tablet
The nurse is preparing to administer furosemide (Lasix). The order is for furosemide (Lasix) 2 mg IVP q8h. The label reads 10 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer?
0.2 mL
A physician orders Solumedrol 40 mg. The vial delivered contains 125 mg/2 mL. What is the correct answer, rounded to the nearest tenth?
0.6 mL
A large volume IV of 1000 mL is to infuse over 10 hours. The infusion rate in mL per hour would be set at _________
100 mL/hr
3 tsp = ____ mL
15 mL
Order: 45 mg p.o. of a medication
Available: Tablets labeled 30 mg How many tablets?
1.5 tablets
Benadryl 30 mg is ordered for a patient. You have Benadryl 12.5 mg/5 mL available. How many mL will you administer to the patient with each dose?
12 mL
Phenobarbital 125 mg is ordered for a patient. You have Phenobarbital elixir 25 mg/5 mL available. How many mL will you administer to the patient?
25 mL
The physician orders 1000 mL lactated Ringer's to infuse at 125 mL/h for a postoperative patient. Tubing drop factor is 10 gtt/mL. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute.
21 gtt/min
CALCULATION:
(1000mL/8 hrs) x (10 gtt/mL) x (1 hr/60mins)
134.6 lb = ___ kg
61.2 kg
A client takes 1.5 tablets of medication QID for 4 days. How many tablets will the patient consume at the end of the 4 days?
The label reads heparin 20,000 units/mL. The order is for heparin 15,000 units q8h SQ. How many milliliters will the nurse administer? (Round to the nearest tenth).
0.75 rounded = 0.8 mL
The physician orders Zestril 12.5 mg po daily for hypertension. The medication is supplied in 5-mg tablets. How many tablets will the nurse administer?
2.5 tab
The order is for 6000 ml of IV solution to run over a 24 hour period. The drop factor of
the I.V tubing is 10 gtts/ml. You would infuse _____gtts/min.
V(mL) / T(min) x (gtt/mL) = drip rate
(6000mL / 1440 mins) x 10 gtt/Ml
=42 gtt/min
8 oz = ___ mL
240 mL
A physician's order reads Lyrica 50 mg PO three times daily. The bottle supplies 25 mg capsules. How many capsules would you administer in 24 hours?
6 capsules
A nurse is preparing to administer amoxicillin (Amoxil) 20 mg/kg/day PO divided in equal doses q12h to a preschool child who weighs 44 lbs. The amount available is amoxicillin suspension 250 mg/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? (Round to the nearest whole number).
4 mL
The physician orders lorazepam 75 mcg oral every 4 to 6 hours for a patient with anxiety. The medication is supplied as lorazepam 0.025 mg per tablet. How many tablets of lorazepam would the patient receive with each dose?
3 tab
Your patient weighs 75 kg and you are ordered to infuse 250 mg dobutamine in 500 ml
NS at 10 mcg/kg/min. How many MILLIGRAMS of dobutamine will infuse per hour?
75 kg * 10mcg/kg/min = 750 mcg/min
750 mcg/min * (60min/1hr) * (1mg/1000mcg)
= 45 mg/hr
2.2 mg = ___ mcg
2200 mcg
The physician orders Zantac elixir 60 mg po twice a day for heartburn. The medication is supplied in 15 mg/mL. How many milliliters will the nurse administer with each dose? ______ mL
4 mL
The safe dosage range for ranitidine (Zantac) for a child reads PO 4-5 mg/kg/day divided every 12h. The patient weighs 86 lbs and the order is for ranitidine (Zantac) 90 mg PO q12h. What is the lowest recommended dosage? What is the highest recommended dosage? Is it safe to administer the dosage ordered by the doctor? (Round to whole numbers)
Safe dose range = 78-97.5mg/dose for BID
Yes, it is safe.
86 lbs * (1 kg/ 2.2lbs) = 39 kg
39*4=156 /2 = 78
39*5=195/2 = 97.5
The physician orders Lanoxin elixir 180 mcg po daily for congestive heart failure. The medication is dispensed with a concentration of 0.05 mg/mL. How many milliliters will the nurse administer?
3.6 mL
The patient has vancomycin 1250 mg ordered once daily for an infection. The vancomycin is available in 500 mL of NS and should infuse over 2 hours. Using tubing with a 10 gtt/mL drip factor, how many drops per minute should the vancomycin be infused?
(500mL/2hrs) x (10gtt/mL) x (1hr/60min)
= 42 gtt/min