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Dosage Calculation Practice Test Conversions 1) 8 mL convert to L 2) Tylenol 120 mg convert to grains 3) Patient weight 68 killigrams convert to pounds 4) 2 cups convert to milliliters 5) Covert 45 ml to teaspoons 6) Newborn weighs 2000 grams, convert to pounds and ounces Answers _________ ___ ______ _________ _________ _________ _________

Note: All answers requiring IV pump settings should be stated in appropriate whole number amounts (i.e. 22 not 22.3). Dosage Calculations For administration of medications by common routes. 7) The suggested dose of Nebcin is 6mg/kg/day IV q8h. A neonate weighing 5000 grams would receive how many mg per dose? _________ 8) Order: V-Cillin 0.5 g po qid Label Reads

V-Cillin K Penicillin V potassium 250 mg 100 Tablets

Give _________ tab(s)

9) Order: Ceclor 100 mg po qid Label Reads 250mg / 5 mL

CECLOR
Cefaclor for Oral Suspension 100 mL (when reconstituted)

Give _________ mL

10) The physician ordered Nitrostat gr 1/400 sl prn for angina pain. The label reads 0.3 mg per each tablet. How much will you give your client? ___ ______ 11) Physician ordered Tazidime 250 mg IM q 12 hr. The vial reads: Add 1.5 mL sterile water to obtain a volume of 1.8 ml (280 mg/mL). How many mL would you give? _________ 12) Order: 1500mg of Rocephin IVPB Label Reads ROCEPHIN
(ceftriaxone sodium) 1 Gm per 10 mL
(vial contains 1 Gm)

How many mL would you prepare for injection into bag of NS? Calculate infusion rates and times for IV administration

_________

13) You make rounds at 0730 and find an IV of D5 NS is regulated on an electronic infusion pump at the ordered rate of 75 mL/h with 400 mL remaining. The ordere specifies a continuous infusion. At what time should anticipate hanging the next IV bag? _________ 14) Order: D5W 800 mL q3h IV. What is the flow rate if there is an infusion pump?

_________ mL/hr

15) Order: Infuse 1000ml NS @ 200 mL/hr. Drop Factor: 15 gtt/mL. What is the flow rate? _________ gtt/min 16) Order: 540 mL 0.9% NaCL to infuse over 4 hours. How many mL/hour will this IV run at?

_________

17) The physician has ordered your patient to receive 2 liters of lactated Ringers. At 0800 you hang the first liter at 125 mL/hour at what time do you anticipate hanging the second liter? _________ 18) According to the pharmacy, your patients 250 cc IVPB should run in over 30 min. How many mL/hr must you set the IV pump at? _________

Calculate dosage for medications in tightly controlled situations and with special populations 19) A patient has an order for heparin 10,000 u in 500 mL NS IV at 750 u/hr. Regulate the infusion pump in mL/hr. _________ mL/hr 20) The patient is to receive dopamine 400 mg in 500 ml of 5% dextrose in water to infuse at 4 mcg/kg/min. The patient weighs 150. What is the mL/hour rate to set on the pump? _________ 21) Order: Dilantin 50 mg IV push q 8 h. Administer 50mg per minute IV. Give _________ mL/min or ________ mL/15 sec. 22) A 16 year old 110 lb teenager has a duodenal ulcer and abdominal pain. Order: cimetidine 250 mg q 6 h in 50 mL D5W IVPB to be infused in 20 min. The recommended cimetidine dosage is 20 to 40 mg/kg/day in 4 divided doses. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL. What is the single dosage range for this child? __________ mg/dose to ________mg/dose. Is the ordered dosage safe? If so, add __________ mL cimetidine, and set the flow rate at _________ gtt/min. 23) Order: procainamide 1 g in 500 cc D5W in infuse at 2 mg/min on an infusion pump. What is the flow rate in mL/h?

24) A patient with diabetes is receiving an insulin drip of humulin R regular u-100 insulin 300 u in 150 mL NS infusing at 10 mL/h. How many u/h of insulin is this patient receiving?