Nurs 315 Final Exam Practice Problems

Use heparin 25,000 units in 500 mL as your IV solution. The client’s weight is 70 kg. Beginning infusion rate for each problem is 25.2 mL/hour. The client’s PTT is 46 seconds. There is a change in the infusion rate. What is the new infusion rate in ml/hr? Round to the nearest whole number. Enter only the value.

Client’s PTT is 40 seconds. The client weighs 198 lbs. Use the heparin protocol chart provided. Heparin 25,000 units in 500 mL with a rate of 32 mL/hr. Since a bolus dose is required, calculate the dose for this client in units. Round to the nearest whole number.

Use heparin 25,000 units in 500 mL as your IV solution. The client’s weight is 70 kg. Beginning infusion rate for each problem is 25.2 mL/hour. The client’s PTT is 59 seconds. There is a change in the infusion rate. Calculate the new rate in ml/hr. Round to the nearest tenths place.

You have an order to run dopamine at 15 mcg/kg/min. Your IV bag has 500 mg dopamine in 500 mL. Your patient weighs 50 kg. What rate in ml/hr will you set for your IV? Round to the nearest whole number.

12-year-old Sandra has not voided since her appendectomy. The physician orders 300 mL NS to be infused over 3 hours.  There is no IV pump available.  The nurse selects IV tubing with a drip factor of 60.  What would be the indicated drops/minute to administer the NS over 3 hours?

A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride (0.9% NaCl) 500 mL IV to infuse over 6 hr. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 60 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min?

 

A nurse is preparing to administer a loading dose of phenytoin (Dilantin) 5 mg/kg/day divided equally ever 12 hr for an infant who weighs 12 lb 4 oz. How many mg should the nurse administer per dose? Round to the nearest tenth.

A nurse is caring for an infant who weighs 11 lb 4 oz. What is the infant's weighs in kg? Round to the nearest hundredth.

For the first 10 kg of body weight=100 mL/kg

For the next 10 kg of body weight=50 mL/kg

For each kg above 20 kg of body weight= 20 mL/kg

 

Kim is hospitalized for cholecystitis. She weighs 60 kg. What would her daily (24 hour) IV fluid maintenance needs be in milliliters?

A child weighs 42 lbs and is 34 inches. Calculate the BSA to the nearest hundredth.