Conversion Chaos
5ml = ___ teaspoons
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The 1 year old weighs 19 pounds. How will the nurse document their weight in kilograms? Round to the nearest tenth.
8.6 kg
The prescription is for 0.8 mg, you have 200 mcg tablets available. How many tablets will you give?
4 tablets
3 teaspoons
1 tablespoon
0.5 ounce
The patient drinks 10 ounces of coffee with breakfast. What will the nurse document for liquid input in ml?
300ml
3 tsp = ___ tablespoons
1 tablespoon
The 6 year old weighs 22.7 kg. The patient's mother asks how many pounds the child weighs. What will the nurse tell the mother? Round to the nearest tenth.
49.9 pounds
The prescription is for 0.6 g, you have 200 mg tablets available. How many will you give?
3 tablets
The pediatric patient is prescribed 250 mg of ibuprofen PO. Available is 100mg per 5 ml. How many ml will be administered?
12.5 ml
Lunch Input: juice (8 ounces), water (4 ounces), chicken broth (4 ounces). What is the input in ml?
480 ml
1.5 L = ____ ml
1500 ml
The prescription is for 100 mg/kg/day. The client weighs 30 kg. What is the daily dose of medication you should administer in milligrams?
3000 mg/day
A provider prescribes dexamethasone 1 mg PO every 6 hr. Available is dexamethasone 2 mg/tablet. How many tablets should the nurse administer?
0.5 tablets
The doctor orders 90 milligrams of liquid cough syrup. The liquid cough syrup has a label that reads 120 milligrams in 5 milliliters. How much cough syrup should the nurse give to the patient?
3.75 mL
Urinary Output for 25 hours was 1.8 L. How will the nurse document this in mL?
1800 mL
5 ounces = ____ ml
150 ml
The order is for ferrous sulfate 2mg/kg/day PO divided in doses every 12 hours. The child weighs 22 pounds. How many mg should you administer per dose?
10 mg/dose
Ampicillin 500 mg capsules are supplied. MD orders 1.5 g. How many capsules should be given to the patient?
3 capsules
The order says, “erythromycin suspension 600 mg PO q6h.” The supply on hand is erythromycin 400 mg per 5 mL. How many milliliters of medication should be given to the patient?
7.5 mL
Dinner Input: water (6 ounces), soda (12 ounces), ice cream (3 ounces). What is this input in mL?
630 mL
500 mcg = ____ mg
0.5 mg
The physician orders amoxicillin 45mg/kg/day PO divided in doses every 12 hours for a child weighing 40 pounds. Available is 250mg/5ml. What is the amount to administer to the child in ml? Round to the nearest tenth. (A:) Per day: (B:) Per dose:
A: 16.4 mL
B: 8.2 mL
Atenolol 0.05 g capsules are supplied. MD orders 100 mg. How many capsules should be given to the patient?
2 capsules
A nurse is providing instruction to a client who has a new prescription for loratadine 10 mg PO every 12 hr. Available is 5 mg/5 mL. How many tsp should the nurse instruct the client to take per dose?
2 teaspoons
Urinary Output for the day: 0800 - 60mL, 1100 - 90 mL, 1400 - 100 mL, 1730 - 95 mL. What will the nurse document for the urinary output this shift?
345 mL