Medication Calculation Practice A. Practice Conversions:5 mg=_____________ gm 2)12gm=_____________ mg 3)16 cc=_____________ tsp. 4)4…
Question Answered step-by-step Medication Calculation Practice A. Practice Conversions: 1) 7.5 mg = _____________ gm2) 12gm = _____________ mg3) 16 cc = _____________ tsp.4) 4 ½ tsp. = _____________ cc5) 100 cc = _____________ oz6) 5 ½ oz = _____________ cc7) 13 lbs. = _____________ kgs8) 9 kg = _____________ lbs.9) 85 lbs. = _____________ kgs10) 38 kgs = _____________ lbs. B. Practice Problems: 1. You need to administer 55,000 units from a multiple vial of Penicillin G in which 10 ml contains 1,000,000 units. How much solution will you draw up? 2. The vial of heparin contains 20,000 units per 1 ml. If you need to administer 3,000 units, how much solution would you draw up? 3. If you need to administer 475,000 units of Penicillin G from a vial containing 5,000,000 units per 10cc, how much solution would you draw up?4. The ampicillin vial reads “500 mg = 10 cc”. To administer 283 mg, how much cc’s do you draw up? 5. A vial of ampicillin instructs you to add 9.6 cc of sterile water to provide a solution of 500 mg/ 10 cc of ampicillin. The physician orders 387 mg ampicillin. How many cc’s do you draw up? 6. The mannitol vial reads “50 cc = 12.5 Gm”. If you need to administer 390 mg of mannitol, how many cc’s would you give? 7. The physician orders morphine 1.5 mg IV q. 3 hours for pain. The concentration is 10-mg/ cc. How many cc’s do you administer? 8. Jody weighs 47 lbs. The physicians orders Morphine to be given STAT. The normal dose for Morphine is 0.1mg – 0.2mg/kg/dose. Give the range in mg of the dose the physician might order (minimum dose to maximum dose). 9. Sally has an order for pentobarbital 1.45 cc. Sally weighs 60 lbs., and the dose range is 2 – 6mg/kg/dose. The pentobarbital vial is labeled 75 mg/1 cc. Is this an appropriate amount to give? 10. Valium is ordered for Susan who is admitted to the ER in status epilepticus. She weighs 99 lbs. The normal dose is 0.04 – 0.2 mg/kg. The vial of Valium is labeled 5mg/ml. How much valium should Susan receive? Please give the range in mg and cc’s. 11. Tommy’s weight yesterday in the pediatrician’s office was 20 lbs. His weight on admission to your unit is 8.63kg. How has Tommy’s weight changed? 12. Gary was admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of pyloric stenosis. His preoperative weight is 3.1kg. His mom indicates that he weighed 7. 5 lbs yesterday. How has Gary’s weight changed? 13. Fredrico has an order for Tylenol elixir 200mg prn headache. If the concentration is 80mg/0.8 cc, how many cc’s would you administer? 14. Ebony is complaining of nausea and can receive compazine for this. If the therapeutic dose is 0.2mg/kg/day every 6 hours, and Ebony weighs 40kg, what should her dose be? 15. Sarah receives 2ml of KC1 elixir qid. The elixir concentration is 40mEq/30cc. How many cc’s does Sarah receive daily? 16. The physician wants to medicate Jose prior to a painful procedure. If the dose range is 1-2 mcg/kg/dose, and Jose weighs 10kg, what would be the therapeutic dose range the physician would consider? Health Science Science Nursing NSG 325 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
