SME Pharmacology Math
The health care provider orders methyldopa 650 milligrams in oral suspension twice daily. The label reads 250 mg/5mL. How many mL does the nurse administer for each dose?
13 mL
The health care provider orders prochlorperazine 10 milligrams orally three times daily. The medication comes in 5 mg tablets. How many tablets does the nurse administer for each dose?
2 tablets
The health care provider orders furosemide 2 mg/kg/day in 2 divided doses. The child weighs 30 pounds. How many milligrams will the nurse administer in one dose? Do not round. Type the correct answer to the hundredths place in the blank.
13.63 mg
The health care provider orders methyldopa 650 milligrams in oral suspension twice daily. The label reads 250 mg/5mL. How many mL does the nurse administer for each dose? Do not round. Type the correct answer in the blank.
13mL
The client is to receive 1.2 million units of penicillin G potassium IV daily in divided doses every 6 hours. The medication vial contains 300,000 units/mL. How many mL will the client receive in a single dose?
1 mL
The health care provider orders ergocalciferol 240,000 units orally daily. Ergocalciferol is available in 8000 units/milliliter. How many ounces does the nurse administer?
1 ounce
A newborn is transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit with persistent tachycardia. At delivery, the child's weight is 3250 grams. The health care provider orders an initial dose of digoxin 0.025 mg/kg in 3 doses over 24 hours. The syringe is labeled digoxin 100 micrograms/mL. How many mL will the nurse administer in one dose? Do not round. Type the correct answer to the hundredths place in the blank.
0.27 mL
A newborn is transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit with a heart rate of 200 beats per minute. At delivery, the child's weight is 3675 grams. The health care provider orders an initial dose of digoxin 0.03 mg/kg in 3 doses over 24 hours. The syringe is labeled digoxin 100 micrograms/mL. How many mL will the nurse administer to deliver one dose? Do not round. Type the correct answer to the hundredths place in the blank.
0.36 mL
The health care provider orders cephalexin 250 milligrams orally every 12 hours. Cephalexin is available in 500 milligram tablets. How many tablets does the nurse administer in one dose?
0.5 tablet
A client is prescribed 0.25 mg digoxin PO daily. Digoxin is available in 0.5 mg per mL. How many mL does the nurse administer to the client?
0.5mL
A 5-year-old child is brought to the emergency department unresponsive and the ECG monitor reveals a heart rate of 46 beats per minute. The ED provider orders 0.02 mg/kg of atropine IV × 1 now. The mother indicates to the nurse that the child's most recent weight was 53 pounds. The label on the syringe indicates a concentration of atropine 0.8 mg/mL. How many mL will the nurse deliver IV? Do not round. Type the correct answer to the tenths place in the blank.
0.6 mL
The nurse discovers a 7-year-old child unresponsive and pale with a heart rate of 34 beats per minute. A code is called. The health care provider responding to the code orders 0.02 mg/kg of atropine IV × 1 now. The child's admission weight is 66 pounds. The label on the syringe indicates a concentration of atropine 1 mg/mL. How many mL will the nurse deliver IV?
0.6 mL
Diazepam is ordered for a 38-pound-child diagnosed with a seizure disorder. The ordered dose of diazepam is 0.05 mg/kg. How many mg will the nurse administer to deliver the ordered dose? Do not round. Type the correct answer to the hundredths place in the blank.
0.86 mg
The health care provider orders aminocaproic acid 4 grams IV. The label reads 250 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer?
16 mL
The health care provider orders cefuroxime 250 milligrams orally every 12 hours. Cefuroxime is available in 125 milligrams/tablet. How many tablets should the nurse administer in one dose?
2 tablets
The health care provider orders irbesartan 300 mg twice daily. The medication comes in 150 mg tablets. How many tablets does the nurse administer for each dose?
2 tablets
The health care provider prescribes IV total parenteral nutrition 1000 mL over eight hours. The drop factor is 60 drops/mL. Which is the correct drip rate calculated by the nurse?
125 drops/min
The health care provider orders morphine 12 milligrams intramuscularly every 4 hours. The label reads 8 mg/mL. How many mL does the nurse administer for each dose?
1.5 mL
The nurse provides care for a client prescribed heparin therapy. The heparin has been infusing for 12 hours and the client's aPTT is 105 seconds. The health care provider prescribes a decrease of heparin from 1200 units/hour to 1100 units/hour. The concentration of the heparin is 25,000 units per 250 mL normal saline. When adjusting the infusion pump to deliver 1100 units/hour, the nurse sets the pump at how many mL/hr ?
11 mL/hour
The nurse provides care for a client prescribed heparin therapy. The heparin has been infusing for 12 hours and the client's aPTT is 105 seconds. The health care provider prescribes a decrease of heparin from 1200 units/hour to 1100 units/hour. The concentration of the heparin is 25,000 units per 250 mL normal saline. When adjusting the infusion pump to deliver 1100 units/hour, the nurse sets the pump at how many mL/hr ? (Do not round. Record your answer using a whole number.)
11 mL/hour
The health care provider orders cefdinir 300 milligrams in oral suspension every 12 hours. The label reads 125 mg/5mL. How many mL does the nurse administer for each dose?
12 mL
The nurse has a 20 mL multi-dose vial of heparin labeled 10,000 units per mL. The ordered concentration is to mix 25,000 units of heparin per 250 mL of normal saline. How many mL of heparin will the nurse add to the 250 mL bag of normal saline?
2.5 mL
The health care provider orders furosemide 4 mg/kg/day in 4 divided doses. The child weighs 45 pounds. How many milligrams will the nurse administer in one dose? Do not round. Type the correct answer to the hundredths place in the blank.
20.45 mg
The health care provider orders ampicillin 200 mg/kg/day for a child weighing 10 kg. The nurse administers how many mg/day to this child?
2000 mg
Heparin has been infusing for 24 hours, the client's aPTT is 115 seconds. The health care provider orders a decrease of heparin from 1400 units/hour to 1200 units/hour. The concentration of the heparin is 25,000 units per 500 ml normal saline. At what rate, in mL/h, will the nurse adjust the infusion pump to deliver 1200 units heparin/hour?
24 mL/hour
A client receives ibuprofen 800 mg qid per day. The nurse knows the client receives how many grams of ibuprofen per day? Round to the nearest tenth.
3.2g/day
The health care provider orders ergocalciferol 240,000 units orally daily. Ergocalciferol is available in 8000 units/milliliter. How many milliliters does the nurse administer?
30 mL
Cefaclor 10 mg/kg every 12 hours is prescribed for a child client weighing 44 lb. The medication comes in an oral suspension that contains 250 mg/5 mL. How many mL does the nurse administer for each dose?
4mL
The nurse has a 20 mL multi-dose vial of heparin labeled 5,000 units per mL. The ordered concentration is to mix 25,000 units of heparin per 500 mL of normal saline. How many mL of heparin will the nurse add to the 500 mL bag of normal saline?
5 mL
The health care provider orders a digitalizing dose of digoxin 1.25 milligrams orally STAT. The medication comes in 0.25 mg tablets. How many tablets does the nurse administer?
5 tablets
Diazepam is ordered for a 59 pound child diagnosed with a seizure disorder. The ordered dose of diazepam is 0.2 mg/kg. How many mg will the nurse administer to deliver the ordered dose? Do not round. Type the correct answer to the tenths place in the blank.
5.3 mg
Diazepam is ordered for a 59 pound child diagnosed with a seizure disorder. The ordered dose of diazepam is 0.2 mg/kg. How many mg will the nurse administer to deliver the ordered dose? To the tenth place.
5.3 mg
A client is to receive 2000 mL of 5% dextrose in Lactated Ringer solution over 24 hours. The infusion started at 0700 via an infusion pump. At 1900, the nurse notes 1200 mL has infused. The nurse adjusts the IV pump to which intravenous drip rate to correctly deliver the remaining amount of fluid over the prescribed time? Round to the nearest whole number.
58 mL/hour
The health care provider orders methimazole 60 milligrams orally daily. Methimazole is available in 10 milligrams/tablet. How many tablets does the nurse administer?
6 tablets
The health care provider orders methotrexate 15 milligrams orally daily. Methotrexate is available in 2.5 milligrams/tablet. How many tablets does the nurse administer?
6 tablets
The health care provider orders D25 2 mL/kg for a toddler weighing 66 pounds. How many milliliters of D25 should the nurse administer?
60 mL
The client is to receive 5 million units of penicillin G potassium IV every 6 hours. The medication vial contains 3 million units/50 mL. How many mL will the client receive in a single dose?
83 mL
The health care provider prescribes metoclopramide 45 milligrams IV. The label reads 5mg/mL. How many mL does the nurse administer for each dose?
9 mL
