13. Drug Calculation Review
The suggested dose of tobramycin is 4mg/kg/day to be administered every 12 hours. An infant weighing 4,000g should receive how many milligrams per dose?
8
The medication order calls for the nurse to administer Orinase 500mg PO bid. Available: Orinase 0.5g tablets. How many tablets will the nurse administer?
1
Calculate the flow rate for 600mL of D5W to infuse for 6 hours. The drop factor is 60gtt/mL.
100
The medication order calls for the nurse to administer Inderal 25mg PO qid. Available: Inderal 10mg scored tablets. How many tablets will the nurse administer?
2.5
Your client weighs 28 kg. The nurse is to administer 30 mg/kg/day. How many milligrams will the nurse give in each dose if the medication is given every 6 hours?
210
A child weighs 55 pounds. Convert this weight to kilograms.
25
Administer an IV piggyback of 50mL over 30 minutes. The drop factor is 15gtt/mL. How many drops per minute will you infuse?
25
The medication order calls for the administration of acetylsalicyclic acid (aspirin). Each tablet is 0.5g. How many tablets equal 1,500mg?
3
The medication order calls for the nurse to administer 2 units of packed red blood cells in 4 hours. The drop factor is 10gtt/mL (1 unit of packed red blood cells = 450mL). What will the infusion rate per minute be?
37.5
The medication order calls for the nurse to administer trimethobenzamine HCl 0.4g IM qid PRN. Each multiple-dose vial contains 100mg/mL. How many mL is administered per dose?
4
The medication order calls for the nurse to administer Ativan 3mg IM bid for agitation. Available: Ativan 4mg/mL. How many milliliters will the nurse administer?
0.75
The medication order calls for the nurse to administer atropine 0.4mg. The supply available is 0.5mg/mL. How many milliliters will be administered.
0.8
The medication order is to administer digoxin 0.01mg/kg PO each day. The child weighs 20kg. Available: Lanoxin Elixir 0.25mg/mL. How many milliliters will the nurse administer?
0.8
The medication order calls for the nurse to administer tetracycline (Sulycin) 0.25g PO tid. The bottle of tetracycline is labeled "125mg/5mL". How many milliliters will the nurse give per dose?
10
The medication order is to administer Keflex oral suspension 500mg. Available: Keflex oral suspension, which is mixed with 62mL water to make Keflex oral suspension 250mg/5mL. How many milliliters will the nurse administer?
10
The medication order calls for the nurse to administer Procan SR 1.2g PO q 6 h. Available: Procan 600mg tablets. How many tablets should the nurse administer?
2
The medication order calls for the nurse to administer captopril (Capoten) 200mg, and each tablet contains 0.1g. How many tablets will the nurse administer?
2
The medication order calls for the nurse to administer hydrocortisone (Solu-Cortef) 250mg bid. The label on the powdered form of the medication reads, "500mg of Solu-Cortef for injection". Reconstitute the powder to yield 50mg/mL. How many milliliters will the nurse administer?
5
The medication order calls for the nurse to administer chloramphenicol (Chloromycetin) 25mg/kg/day in 2 equally divided doses. A premature infant weighs 2,000g. How many milligrams will the infant receive per dose?
25
The medication order calls for the nurse to administer digoxin 0.04mg PO from a bottle labeled "0.01mg/mL". How many milliliters will the nurse administer?
4
A child weighs 22 pounds. Convert this weight to kilograms.
10
The medication order calls for the nurse to administer Geopen 800mg IM q 6 h. Available: Geopen powder, which is recommended with 4mL bacteriostatic water to make 1g/2.5mL. How many milliliters will the nurse administer?
2
The medication order calls for the nurse to set the heparin IV to infuse 500 units/hr. The IV fluid is D5W 500mL with heparin 10,000 units added. How many milliliters per hour will the infusion pump be set to infuse?
25
The medication order calls for the nurse to administer Kefzol 1.5g in 150mL of D5W over 45 minutes. The drop factor is 15gtt/mL. What will the infusion rate be?
50
