ATI Dosage Calculation: Pediatric Medications

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A nurse is preparing to administer morphine 0.05 mg/kg intermittent IV bolus to a newborn who weighs 3 kg. Available is morphine 0.5 mg/mL injection. How many mL should the nurse administer?

0.3 mL

A nurse is caring for a toddler who weighs 13.5 kg. What is the toddler's daily maintenance fluid requirement?

1,175 mL/day

A nurse is caring for a school-aged child who weighs 22 kg. What is the child's daily maintenance fluid requirement?

1,540 mL/day

A nurse is caring for a school aged child who weighs 35 kg. What is the child's daily maintenance fluid requirement?

1,800 mL/day

A nurse is preparing to administer 2 mg/kg/dose PO every 8 hr to an infant who weighs 12 lb. Available is furosemide oral solution 10 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose?

1.1 mL

A nurse is preparing to administer famotidine 1 mg/kg/day PO divided equally every 12 hr to a child who weighs 41 lb. Available is famotidine oral suspension 40 mg/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose?

1.2 mL

A nurse is preparing to administer dextrose 5% in water (D5W) 7 mL/kg IV to infuse over 6 hr to a toddler who weighs 11 kg. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr?

13 mL/hr

A nurse is caring for a preschool-age child who weighs 18 kg. What is the child's daily maintenance fluid requirement?

1400 mL/day

A nurse is caring for an adolescent who weighs 57 kg. What is the adolescents daily maintenance fluid requirement?

2,240 mL/day

A nurse is converting a preschool-age child's weight in lb to kg. The preschool-age child weighs 44 lb. How many kg does the child weigh?

20 kg

A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride (0.9% NaCl) 6 mL/kg IV to infuse over 2 hr to an infant who weighs 8 kg. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr?

24 mL/hr

A nurse is preparing to administer dextrose 5% in water (D5W) 20 mL/kg IV to infuse over 4 hr to an adolescent who weighs 57 kg. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr?

285 mL/hr

A nurse is preparing to administer lactated Ringer's solution 25 mL/kg to infuse over 12 hr to a toddler who weighs 14 kg. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr?

29 mL/hr

A nurse is preparing to administer clindamycin 10 mg/kg PO divided in equal doses every 8 hr to a toddler who weighs 30 lb. Available is clindamycin oral suspension 75 mg/5mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose?

3 mL

A nurse is preparing to administer dexamethasone 0.3 mg/kg/day PO divided in equal doses every 12 hr to a school-age child who weighs 50 lb. Available is dexamethasone oral solution 0.5 mg/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose?

34 mL

A nurse is converting an infant's weight from lb to kg. If the infant weighs 9lb 4 oz. What is the infant's weigh in kg

4.2 kg

A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride (0.9% NaCl) 15 mL/kg IV to infuse over 8 hr to a school-age child who weighs 22 kg. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr?

41 mL/hr

a nurse is converting an adolescent's weight in lb to kg. The adolescent weighs 120lbs. How many kd does the adolescent weigh?

54.5 kg

A nurse is converting an infant's weight from lb to kg. If the infant weighs 13 lb 8 oz, she weighs how many kg?

6.1 kg

A nurse is caring for an infant who weighs 6 kg. What is the infant's daily maintenance fluid requirement?

600 mL/day

A nurse is preparing to administer immunizations to a preschooler. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Have the preschooler blow bubbles during the injections

A nurse is preparing to administer a dose of a liquid medication to a 6 month old infant. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Offer the infant a feeding after administering the medication

A nurse is planning to administer an IM medication to a 2-month-old infant. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?

Use a 25-gauge needle for the injection

A charge nurse is reviewing techniques for the safe administration of medications to children with a newly licensed nurse.Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

"Confirm chemotherapy medication dosages using a body surface area nomogram."

A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about administering IM injections to children. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

"Do not inject more than 1 millimeter for an intramuscular injection in infants."


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