Medical Dosage

Solumedrol 2.5mg/kg is ordered for a child weighing 22 kg. Solumedrol is available as 125 mg/ 3 mL is available. How many mL must the nurse administer?

• 1.32 mL

• 55 mL

• 2.5mL

• 1.25mL

Calculate the amount of dextrose in 363 mL D10W

• 3.63 g

• 0.363 g

• 36.3 g

• 363 g

A patient needs 0.075g of a medicine that comes in 30mg tablets. How many tablets will the patient take?

• 2.5 tablets

• 2 tablets

• 5 tablets

• 3 tablets

How much dextrose is in 4L of 20% solution?

A patient needs 2g of a medication. It comes in 250mg doses. How many doses need to be administered? How many hours will it take if the patient can have one dose every 6 hours?

• 4 doses

  48 hours

• 8 doses

  24 hours

• 4 doses

  24 hours

• 8 doses

  48 hours

Which of the following are the correct conversions?

• 1 L=10mL

  3 T=45mL

  88 lb=40kg

  1 gr=65mg

  200 mcg=2mg

• 1 L=100mL

  3 T=50mL

  88 lb=40kg

  1 gr=60mg

  200 mcg=20mg

• 1 L=1000mL

  3 T=45mL

  88 lb=40kg

  1 gr=60mg

  200 mcg=0.2mg

• 1 L=1000mL

  3 T=50mL

  88 lb=40kg

  1 gr=65mg

  200 mcg=2000mg

Calculate amount of sodium chloride in 859 mL 1/2 NS.

• 3.5 g

• 3.7 g

• 3.9 g

• 3.6 g

• 3.8 g

Calculate amount of sodium chloride in 2,006,000 mcL 1/2 NS.

• 2,006 g

• 2 g

• 6 g

• 0.5 g

• 9 g

Calculate the IV flow rate for 0.96 L of D5W IV over 7.4 hr. Infusion set has drop factor of 100 gtts/mL. What is the IV flow rate in gtts/min?

• 216 gtts/min

• 375 gtts/min

• 200 gtts/min

• 150 gtts/min

A patient is ordered to received 1,000 mL of NSS to be administered at 125 mL/hour. How many hours will pass before you change the IV bag?

• 2 hours

• 4 hours

• 6 hours

• 8 hours