Conversion Diversion
Parenteral Dosages
Weight Based Dosages
IV Madness
IV Madness
100
Convert 5 milligrams to micrograms.
What is 5,000 micrograms?
100
A drug is available as 50 mg/mL, but the required dose is 150 mg. How many milliliters of this drug should be administered?
What is 3 mL?
100
A medication dosage for a child is calculated based on weight. If the dosage is 10 mg/kg and the child weighs 20 kg, what is the total dosage required?
What is 200 mg?
100
A patient needs to receive 1,000 mL of IV fluid over 8 hours. At what rate should the IV be set to deliver the fluid in mL per hour?
What is 125 mL/hour?
100
A patient needs to receive 250 mL of medication over 30 minutes. What is the infusion rate in mL/hour?
What is 500 mL/hr?
200
If the temperature is 104 degrees Fahrenheit, what is it in Celsius?
What is 40 degrees Celsius?
200
A medication is ordered at 200 mg, and the available vial contains 500 mg/2 mL. How many milliliters should be administered to deliver the 200 mg dose?
What is 0.8 mL?
200
A pediatric medication is prescribed at 5 mg/kg. If the child weighs 25 kg, how many milligrams of medication should be administered?
What is 125 mg?
200
An IV infusion is set to deliver 1,200 milliliters over 6 hours. What is the flow rate in milliliters per hour?
What is 200 mL/hr
200
If an IV bag contains 500 milliliters and is to be administered over 3 hours, what is the flow rate in milliliters per hour?
What is 167 mL/hr?
300
A patient’s temperature reads 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. What is the temperature in Celsius?
What is 37 degrees Celsius?
300
A vial contains 10,000 units of medication in 2 mL. If the prescribed dose is 4,500 units, how many milliliters should be drawn up?
What is 0.9 mL?
300
If a medication is prescribed at 2 mg/kg and a patient weighing 65 kg is to receive the medication three times a day, what is the total daily dosage in milligrams?
What is 390 mg?
300
An IV infusion of 500 mL is to be administered over 4 hours using a drip set with a drop factor of 20 gtt/mL. What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
What is 42 gtt/min?
300
If 1,000 mL of solution is to be infused over 8 hours with a drip set that has a drop factor of 15 gtt/mL, what is the drip rate in gtt/min?
What is 31 gtt/min?
400
If a person has a fever of 39 degrees Celsius, what is this temperature in Fahrenheit?
What is 102.2 degrees Fahrenheit?
400
A powdered medication is reconstituted with 50 mL to a final volume of 56 mL. The final concentration is 20 mg/mL. If the order reads to administer 5 mg QID, how much would you administer in a dose?
What is 0.25 mL?
400
If the recommended dose for a medication is 10-15 mg/kg/day and the ordered dose is 12 mg/kg/day for a child weighing 20 kg, is the ordered dose within the safe range?
Yes!
400
For a medication infusion of 250 mL to be delivered in 1 hour using a drip set with a drop factor of 10 gtt/mL, what should the drip rate be in gtt/min?
What is 42 gtt/min?
400
If 1,500 mL of IV fluid needs to be infused over 12 hours using a drip set with a drop factor of 10 gtt/mL, what is the drip rate in gtt/min?
What is 21 gtt/min?
500
Convert a body temperature of 35 degrees Celsius to Fahrenheit.
What is 95 degrees Fahrenheit?
500
A medication is ordered at 0.3 grams, and the available vial contains 150 mg/mL. How many milliliters should be administered to provide the 0.3-gram dose?
What is 2 mL?
500
The recommended dose of a medication is 8-12 mg/kg/day. For a child weighing 25 kg, is a prescribed dose of 300 mg/day safe?
Yes!
500
You need to infuse 1 liter of fluid over 4 hours using a drip set with a drop factor of 12 gtt/mL. What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
What is 50 gtt/min?
500
If a physician orders 750 mL of fluid to be infused over 6 hours and the IV set has a drip factor of 20 gtt/mL, what is the drip rate in gtt/min?
What is 42 gtt/min?