A 60 year old woman with angina is prescribed 135mg Verapamil tad’s, stock strength available is 90mg. How many tablets will she need to take for

Question Answered step-by-step A 60 year old woman with angina is prescribed 135mg Verapamil tad’s,stock strength available is 90mg. How many tablets will she need to take for each dose (express in decimal)? A: 1.5 mg Explanation: Half of 90 mg is 45 mg. To get to the 135 mg dosage she would need !tablet (90mg) plus half a tablet (45mg)= 135 mg 2) 375mg of the drug Augmentin is prescribed t.d.s. What is the total amount of Augmentin in grams to be given in a day? A: 0.375g3) The drug Dopamine is prescribed at 2.5micrograms/kg/day. Patient A weighs 65kg, what is the total amount of Dopamine that Patient A will need? 4) A female patient who weighs 65.5kg is prescribed the antibiotic Cidomycin 3mg/kg/day i.v. Calculate the dose in mg of Cidomycin? 5) A patient is prescribed Heparin 10,000units s.c. Stock strength available is 4000 units in 0.2mL. What is the volume in mL that the patient will receive? 6) Patient Y is prescribed Furosemide 70mg i.v to be added to 40mL of Normal Saline 0.9%. Stock strength available is Furosemide 20mg/2mL. How many mL.of Furosemide will you need to add to the bag of Normal Saline?  7) An acutely ill patient is prescribed Hartmann’s solution 1 litre via a volumetric pump to be infused at 150mL/hr. what is the volume of fluid in mL. remaining after 2.5hours? 8) Mrs Pat is prescribed 450mL of 5% Dextrose to run over 5.5hours using a volumetric pump. How many mL/hr will you set the pump to one decimal place? 9) Mr Chow is prescribed 450mL of 5% Dextrose to run over 5hours using an i.v infusion set that delivers 20 drops/mL. To the nearest whole number, how many drops/min will you need to set the infusion at? 10)A patient is prescribed Erythromycin 430mg in a solution of 100mL 0.9% Normal Saline to be infused over 1hour. What is the concentration of Erythromycin on mg/mL.?11) Patient A is prescribed Flucloxacillin 400mg q.d.s, stock strength available is 200mg capsules. What is the total number of tablets she will be required to take in 24hours? 12) 575mg of the drug Augmentin is prescribed t.d.s. What is the total amount of Augmentin in grams to be given in a day? 13) The drug Dopamine is prescribed at 0.2mg/kg/day. Patient A weighs 72.5kg, what is the total amount of dopamine that Patient A will need?  14) The chemotherapy drug Chlorambucil is prescribed daily at 125micrograms/kg/day. Patient A weighs 68 kg, what is the total amount of Chlorambucil that Patient A will receive? 15) Patient X is prescribed the antibiotic Cidomycin 350mg i.v. Stock strength available is 120mg/3ml to be added to 50mL Normal saline 0.9%. How many mL. of Cidomycin will you need to add to the bag of Normal Saline? 16) Patient A is prescribed i.v. Teicoplanin 750mg b.d for a bone infection. Stock available is 200mg per vial which needs reconstituting with 3mL water for injection. What is the final dose in mL to be given? 17) Mr. Tin is prescribed 700mL of 5%Dextrose in 0.9% Normal saline to run over 6hours using a volumetric pump. How many mL/hr will you set the pump to one decimal place? 18) Mr Young is prescribed 450mL of 5% Dextrose to run over 4hours using an i.v infusion set that delivers 20 drops/mL. To the nearest whole number, how many drops/min will you need to set the infusion at? 19) A patient has been prescribed 1.4g of Benzylpenicillin i.v. Stock strength available is 650mg per vial which needs to be reconstituted with 10mL of sterile water for injections. What is the final concentration in mg/mL. of Benzylpenicillin? 20) A post-operative patient is receiving 12mg Morphine in 50mL 0.9% Normal Saline via an infusion pump. What is the concentration of Morphine in mg/mL.?   Health Science Science Nursing Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)