Dosage Calculations for Nursing Exam Package Deal

After teaching a group of nursing students about using zeros, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when they identify which as the correct placement of a zero in a decimal? - Answer 0.75 A 2-year-old has been prescribed an antibiotic as part of treatment. What should the nur...

Ordered: 250 mg Available: 100 mg/2 mL - Answer (250/100)2 = 5 mL Ordered: 100 mg Available: 0.05 g tablets - Answer 0.05 g = 50 mg 100/50 = 2 tablets Ordered: 8 mcg/kg/hr Available: 0.64 mg/2 mL Patient weighs 80 kg What drip rate (mL/hr)? - Answer 8x80 = 640 mcg 0.64 = 640 mcg (640/6...

A patient has an order for Chloromycetin, 500 mg every 6 hours. The drug comes in 250 mg capsules. What would the nurse administer? - Answer 2 tabs A nurse is to administer 150 mg of a drug intramuscularly. The label on the multidose vials reads 100 mg/mL. How much would the nurse give? - Answer ...

a nurse is preparing to administer quinapril (accurpil) 40 mg PO once daily. Available is quinapril 20mg tablets. How many tablets should the nurse administer daily? - Answer 2 tablets A nurse is preparing to administer lithium carbonate (Eskalith) 600 mg PO. Available is the lithium carbonate 30...

forms of oral medication - -tablets -capsules -liquids *only scored tablets can be divided 3 step approach to dosage calculations - 1. convert to all appropriate units 2. think: what is a reasonable amount? 3. calculate: D/H * Q = x dosage calculation formula - H and Q in dosage for...

You are preparing to infuse Ensure 1/2 strength at 60 mL/hour. The Ensure is available in 240 mL cans. You mix one can of ensure with 240 mL of water to obtain the 1/2 strength. How many hours will it take for the feeding to infuse? (Place only the numerical value in the space provided.) - Answer 24...

Kilo - Answer 1000 times basic unit Centi - Answer 1/100 of the basic unit (or 0.01) Milli - Answer 1/1000 of basic unit (or 0.001) Micro - Answer 1/1,000,000 of basic unit (or 0.000001) 1 kg - Answer 1,000 g 1 g - Answer 1,000 mg 1 mg - Answer 1,000 mcg 1 L - Answer 1,000 mL ...

Ordered: heparin infusion 1000 units per hour Available: heparin 20,000 units in 1000 mL 0.9 NaCl solution How many mL/hr will the nurse run the infusion? - Answer 1000ml/20000units x 1000units/hr= 50 remember when ever the unit answer reads like mcg/kg/min the last part of the equation will al...

A patient is to receive Valium 10 mg TID. The available tablets are labeled 5 mg. How many tabs will you give? - Answer 5 mg: 1 tab = 10 mg: X tabs Means: 1 x 10 = 10 Extremes: 5 x "X" = 5X 5 X = 10 5 5 X = 2 tabs The physician orders Lasix 40 mg. The drug label reads Lasix 20 mg/ml. Wh...

pounds to kilograms - Answer 2.2lbs=1kg ounces to pounds - Answer 16oz=1lb Prescription by Body weight - Answer mg/kg/day= mgxkg per day 1kg=?g - Answer 1000g 1g=?mg - Answer 1000mg

Rapid Acting Insulin - Name - Onset - Peak - Duration Hint (logs) - Answer Lispro (Humalog) Aspart (Novolog) Glulisine (Apidra) 15 min 60-90 min 3-4 hr Short Acting Insulin - Name - Onset - Peak - Duration Hint (Anything with R and lin) - Answer Regular (Humulin R, Novolin R) 30...