ATI Dosage Calculations Test 1
(answered)
Furosemide 50mg IV push now.
Available: Furosemide 40mg/10mL
How many mL will you give? - 12.5
The IV order is for D5W to infuse at 100 mL/hr. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL.
How many drops per minute (gtt/min) should the IV be regulated? - 17
4 Tablespoons = ______________teaspoons? - 12
Order: Cinoxacin 1 g/day, PO, in two divided doses
Drug available: 500 mg capsules
How many milligrams would you give per dose? - 500
The medication order is to administer Prozac 40 mg PO qid.
Available: Prozac liquid 20 mg per 5 mL
How many mL will you administer? - 10
Order: 35 mg of a medication by mouth tid
Patient weight: 99 pounds
Safe dose range: 2 to 4 mg/kg/day
This is a safe medication order.
A) True
B) False - True
The nurse wants to give 2 g of magnesium sulfate and has available a medication
labeled 50% magnesium sulfate in 20 mL.
How many mL will the nurse administer? - 4
The BSA of a 5-year-old patient is 0.9 m2
, Medication order: Carmustine 75 mg/m2 every day times 2 days
Available: 100 mg/10 mL vial
The patient would receive a dose of _____ mL/day times 2 days. - 6.8
Order: LR 1000 mL at 90 mL/hr.
How many hours are required to administer the following fluid at the given rate? -
11.1
The BSA of a patient who is 3 years old is 0.62 m2.
Medication order: Daunorubicin 25 mg/m2 weekly
Available: 2 mg/mL in 25 mL vial
The patient would receive a dose of _____ mg/week. - 15.5
Medication order: lidocaine, continuous infusion at 2 mg/min on the infusion
pump.
Available: IV of 500 mL D5W with 2 g lidocaine added
What will be the hourly rate for the infusion pump (mL/hour)? - 30
Patient weight: 32 kg
Medication order: Nitroprusside 2 mcg/kg/min
Pediatric dose: 200-500 mcg/kg/hr
Drug available: Nitroprusside 50 mg/5 mL
Dilution: 50.5 mg in 250 mL of NS at 19 mL/hr
Will this dilution deliver 2 mcg/kg/min?
A) True
B) False - True
What is the weight in pounds of someone who weighs 100 KGs? - 220
Calculate the total dose of a medication to be administered if a patient weighs 22
pounds and is to be given 60 mg/kg/day? - 600
Order: D5 1/4 1000 mL at 100 mL/hr.
(answered)
Furosemide 50mg IV push now.
Available: Furosemide 40mg/10mL
How many mL will you give? - 12.5
The IV order is for D5W to infuse at 100 mL/hr. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL.
How many drops per minute (gtt/min) should the IV be regulated? - 17
4 Tablespoons = ______________teaspoons? - 12
Order: Cinoxacin 1 g/day, PO, in two divided doses
Drug available: 500 mg capsules
How many milligrams would you give per dose? - 500
The medication order is to administer Prozac 40 mg PO qid.
Available: Prozac liquid 20 mg per 5 mL
How many mL will you administer? - 10
Order: 35 mg of a medication by mouth tid
Patient weight: 99 pounds
Safe dose range: 2 to 4 mg/kg/day
This is a safe medication order.
A) True
B) False - True
The nurse wants to give 2 g of magnesium sulfate and has available a medication
labeled 50% magnesium sulfate in 20 mL.
How many mL will the nurse administer? - 4
The BSA of a 5-year-old patient is 0.9 m2
, Medication order: Carmustine 75 mg/m2 every day times 2 days
Available: 100 mg/10 mL vial
The patient would receive a dose of _____ mL/day times 2 days. - 6.8
Order: LR 1000 mL at 90 mL/hr.
How many hours are required to administer the following fluid at the given rate? -
11.1
The BSA of a patient who is 3 years old is 0.62 m2.
Medication order: Daunorubicin 25 mg/m2 weekly
Available: 2 mg/mL in 25 mL vial
The patient would receive a dose of _____ mg/week. - 15.5
Medication order: lidocaine, continuous infusion at 2 mg/min on the infusion
pump.
Available: IV of 500 mL D5W with 2 g lidocaine added
What will be the hourly rate for the infusion pump (mL/hour)? - 30
Patient weight: 32 kg
Medication order: Nitroprusside 2 mcg/kg/min
Pediatric dose: 200-500 mcg/kg/hr
Drug available: Nitroprusside 50 mg/5 mL
Dilution: 50.5 mg in 250 mL of NS at 19 mL/hr
Will this dilution deliver 2 mcg/kg/min?
A) True
B) False - True
What is the weight in pounds of someone who weighs 100 KGs? - 220
Calculate the total dose of a medication to be administered if a patient weighs 22
pounds and is to be given 60 mg/kg/day? - 600
Order: D5 1/4 1000 mL at 100 mL/hr.
