Dosage Calculation Practice

1. A patient has an order for Chloromycetin, 500 mg every 6 hours. The drug comes in 250 mg capsules. What would the nurse administer? 2 tabs 2. A nurse is to administer 150 mg of a drug intra- muscularly. The label on the multidose vials reads 100 mg/mL. How much would the nurse give? 1.5 mL 3. A nurse is to administer 30 mg of furosemide (Lasix) to a client with congestive heart failure (CHF). The vial contains 40 mg/mL. Which is the correct dose to administer? 0.75 mL 4. The nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who has been prescribed 600 mg of an oral liquid medication. The mother shows the nurse the label of the medication, which reads: 250 mg/mL. The nurse would instruct the mother to give how many milliliters? 2.4 mL 5. A child is to receive 500 mg of an antibiotic sus- pension. The label on the bottle reads 250 mg/5 mL. The nurse should administer how much of the