ATI Dosage Calculation: Pediatric Medications (Answered Summer 2022)
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ATI Dosage Calculation: Pediatric Medications (Answered Summer 2022)
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 adm...
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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 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 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 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 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 caring for an infant who weighs 6 kg. What is the infant's daily maintenance
fluid requirement?
600 mL/day
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."
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 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 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 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?
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