Pediatrics Computations
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 injections. How many mL should the nurse administer
0.3 mL
A nurse is caring for an infant who weighs 11 lbs and 4 oz. What is the infant weight in lbs. Round to the nearest hundredth
11.25 lbs
A nurse is preparing to administer amikacin IM to a client who weighs 176 lbs. The medication reference states the safe dosage range is 7.5 to 15/mg/kg/day divided evrey 12 to 24 hours. What is the maximum safe dose the nurse should expect to administer per day. (Round the answer. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero
15 mg/kg/day
A nurse is caring for a school age who weighs 35 kg. What is the child daily mainteance fluid requirement? Round the answer to the nearest whole number
1800 mL
A nurse is converting an infants weight from lbs to kg. If the infant weighs 6 lb, 2 oz what is the infant weight in kg. Round the answer to the tenth.
2.8 kg
A nurse is caring for a school age who weighs 57 kg. What is the child daily mainteance fluid requirement? Round the answer to the nearest whole number
2240 mL
A nurse is caring for an adolescent who weighs 57 kg. What is the adolescents daily maintenance fluid requirement? Round to the nearest whole number
2240 ml/day
A nurse is preparing to administer lactated Ringer solution 25 mL/kg to infuse over 12 hour to a toddler who weighs 14 kg. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr? Round to the nearest whole nu,ner.
29 mL/hr
A nurse is preparing to administer dexamethasoe 0.3 mg/kg/day PO divided in equal doses every 12 hour to a school age child who weighs 50 lb. Available is dexamethanose oral solution 0.5 mg/5 mL/? How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use trailing zeroes
34 mL
A nurse is caring for a preschool age child who weighs 18 kg. What is the child daily mainteance fluid requirement? Round the answer to the neareast whole number
39.7 lbs
A nurse is converting a infants weight in lbs and oz to kg. The infant weigh 9 lbs 4 oz. What is the infant weight in kg. Round the answer to the nearest tenth.
4.2 kg
A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9 sodium chloride (0.9 NACL) 15 mL/kg IV to infuse over 8 hour to a school age child who weighs 22 kg. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr? (Round your anwer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use trailing zeroes.
41.25= 41 mL/hr
A nurse is is converting an adolescents weight in lb to kg. The adolescents weighs 120 lb. How many kg does the adolescents weigh( Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use trailing zeroes.
54.5 kg
A patient is caring for an infant who weighs 6 kg. What is the infant daily maintenance fluid requirement. Round to the nearest whole number
600 mL/day
A nurse is teaching a newly liscnsed nurse about administering IM injections to children. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?
Do not inject more than 1 millimeter for a intramuscular injections in infants.
A nurse is administering immunizations to a preschooler. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Have the preschooler blow bubbles during the injections