Module 3: Chapter 5: Calculating Doses for Oral Me
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Module 3: Chapter 5: Calculating Doses For Oral Me
A patient has a prescription order for a 45 mg dose of a medication. The pharmacy has the medication available in 9 mg tablets. How many tablets will the patient need for one dose?
5 tablets
3 tablets
2 tablets
7 tablets correct answers 5 tablets
A prescription order is written for a 15 mg...
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A patient has a prescription order for a 45 mg dose of a medication. The pharmacy has the
medication available in 9 mg tablets. How many tablets will the patient need for one dose?
A prescription order is written for a 15 mg dose of medication. The available strength of the
medication is 10 mg/mL. How many milliliters will be prepared for the patient for one dose?
2.5 mL
1 mL
1.5 mL
2 mL correct answers 1.5 mL
A patient is to receive an 8 mg dose of medication. The pharmacy has the medication available in
a concentration of 20 mg/mL. How many milliliters will be prepared for the patient?
1.2 mL
0.9 mL
0.6 mL
0.4 mL correct answers 0.4 mL
A prescription order is written for 1,200 mg of medication. The pharmacy has the medication
available in 150 mg tablets. How many tablets will be needed to fill this order?
A patient is to receive a total dose of 350 mg of a medication. The pharmacy has this medication
available in a concentration of 25 mg/0.5 mL. How many milliliters will be prepared for the
patient?
14 mL
7 mL
8 mL
3 mL correct answers 7 mL
, A patient receives 2 mL of a medication. The pharmacy stock solution contains 300 mcg/mL.
How many micrograms did the patient receive?
600 mcg
300 mcg
150 mcg
100 mcg correct answers 600 mcg
A prescriber orders 1.25 mL of a medication. The pharmacy stock solution contains 45 mg/5 mL.
How many milligrams did the prescriber order?
A prescription order written for 1,800 mg of a medication. The pharmacy stocks this medication
in 120 mg tablets. How many tablets will be needed to achieve the prescribed dose?
A prescription states the following: Take 1 tablet TID for 14 days. How many tablets should be
dispensed to the patient?
60 tablets
14 tablets
30 tablets
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