Dosage calculations Practice 1. The doctor ordered Vistaril 50 mg….
Question Answered step-by-step Dosage calculations Practice 1. The doctor ordered Vistaril 50 mg…. Dosage calculations Practice1. The doctor ordered Vistaril 50 mg. The drug is supplied as 25 mg per ml. How many mls will you give?2. A child weighs 75 lbs. What is the child’s weight in kg?3. 25 mg = ____________ g4. Potassium chloride is available as 3 g per tablet. Potassium Chloride (K-Dur), 18,000 mg, is ordered. How many tablets would the nurse administer?5. Order: Lactulose 30mL every 6 hours. Supply 30mLHow many ounces will be given for the entire day?6. The health care provider’s prescription reads Ampicillin 250 mg to be administered orally. The label on the medication vial reads 125 mg/mL. The nurse should prepare how many millimeters of Ampicillin to administer the correct dose of medication?Answer ____________ mL (Round to the nearest whole number)7. The physician prescribes 250mL 0.45% NS IV over 4 hours. Drop factor is 15 gtt/mL. What is the quantity to administer in gtts/min? Round to whole numberAnswer ____________ drops (Round to the nearest whole number)8. The health care provider prescribes Amoxicillin 500 mg orally every 6 hours. The medication is supplied as 200 mg/5 mL. How many milliliters will be administered in each dose?Answer _____________ mL (Round to the nearest whole number)9. The physician prescribes atenolol 0.05 g orally daily. The label on the medication bottle states atenolol 25 mg tablets. How many tablets will the nurse safely administer to the client?Answer ___________ tablets (Round to the nearest whole number)10. Zithromax 20 mg/kg per day in two divided doses is ordered for a child whose weight is 77 Ibs. How many mg will be given each day? (Round to the nearest whole number)11. A nurse is given 2 medications IVPB at 10am. One is every 24 hours with 200mLs volume and the other is 100mLs every 4 hours. Which one should the nurse give first and why?12. Order: 100mL of Zosyn IVPB to be infused over 30 minutes. What will be the volume to infuse and rate of infusion?13. Heparin sodium 2000 units subcutaneous q12h. Supply: 5000 units/mL. What is the quantity to administer? ____________ mL14. Order: 1000mL D5W at 125mLs per hour. How many hours will it take for the bag to finish? Health Science Science Nursing NURS 303 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
