Professional Nursing Skills 2 Final Review

The physician orders 1000ml Lactated Ringer’s with 20 grams of Magnesium Sulfate. The continuous infusion runs at 2 grams/h.

What is the IV rate for the continuous infusion in ml/h?

(a)  

The physician orders Furosemide 2mg/kg/dose po to an infant who weighs 16 lb. The medication comes in 10mg/ml. How many ml should the nurse administer? (Round to the nearest tenth).

(a)  

The physician orders 1000ml of 0.9% Normal Saline to be infused over 1 hour. The tubing drop factor is 10 gtt/ml. How many drops per minute should be given? (Round to the nearest whole number).

(a)  

The physician orders Ampicillin 200 mg/kg/24 h divided q 6 h IV per syringe. The neonate weighs 2012 grams. (Round to the nearest whole number).

What single dose is needed?

(a)  

A medication order states, infuse 0.9% Normal Saline (NS) 400 mL IV over 4 hours.

Using the IV tubing with a drop factor of 20 drops/ml. The manual IV infusion must be set to deliver (a)   gtt/min? (Round to the nearest whole number).

The physician orders Heparin at 1000 units/h. The concentration is Heparin 25,000 units in 250 ml of 0.9% NS. How many milliliters per hour should the IV pump be programmed for?

(a)  

A medication order states, administer Oxytocin IV 8 milliunits per minute. Based on the label (10 units in 500mls of LR). The infusion pump should be set to (a)   mL/h?

A child weighs 11lbs. 12 oz. The weight in Kgs is? (Round to the nearest tenth).

(a)  

• Asystole

• Ventricular Fibrillation

• Atrial Fibrillation

• Normal Sinus Rhythm

• Normal Sinus Rhythm

• Supraventricular Tachycardia

• Atrial Fibrillation

• Sinus Tachycardia