A child is to receive 120 mg of Acetaminophen. The bottle states the solution contains 160 mg/5 ml

1. A child is to receive 120 mg of Acetaminophen. The bottle states the solution contains 160 mg/5 ml. The parent is using a measuring teaspoon to dispense the dose. How many teaspoons should the parent be instructed to give?

 

1. If an adult dose of a medication calls for 30 mg and the 3 y/o child weighs 30 lbs. Using the Clark’s rule, what is the correct child dose? _________

 

 

1. If the mother requests to administer the dose ( #3) using a measuring tsp, how much will the nurse provide. ____

 

1. If an adult dose of drug is 750 mg, what is the dose for a child weighing 20 lbs? Use the Calrk’s Rule.

 

 

1. The adult dose of aspirin is 650 mg. What is the dose for a 5-year old child? _______

 

 

1. Drug A is prescribed to a one year and 8 months old child weighing 10 pounds. The adult dose 500 mg. Using the Fried’s rule, compute for the child’s dose. __________

 

 

1. An adult dose of drug is 500 mg, what is the dose for a 2 year old child? _____________

 

SOLUTION:

 

 

1. You have an order to administer 5 mg of trihexyphenidyl ( Artane ) P.O The drug is available at a strength of 2 mg/5 ml of solution. How many milliliters would you administer? ___________

 

 

1.  Amoxicillin 1.5 g is ordered per day to be equally divided tid. Amoxicillin comes in 250 mg / 2 ml. How much should the child receive per dose ? ________

 

 

1. Order : Cefalexin at 60 mg/kg/day to be equally divided q6h. Patient weighs 20 lbs. Supply : Cefalexin 125mg / 5ml, 100 ml bottle. The nurse expects to give how much?

 

 

1. A patient is to receive 540 mg of a medication in a 24 hour period.      The drug is to be given every 4 hours. How many milligrams should be given in each dose?

 

1. A patient is to receive  100 mg docusate sodium PO. The patient has trouble swallowing, so the nurse asks for the oral liquid form.      The drug comes as 150 mg/15 mL.      How many mL should the nurse administer?

 

1. An order is written for 1000 mL/24h  Lactated Ringers IV. The drop factor on the IV set-up is 60 gtts/mL. The nurse should set the drip rate at:

 

1. A patient needs to take 0.75 g PO of tetracycline.      The drug comes in 250 mg tablets.      How many tablets should the patient take?

 

1. A client is ordered 2.5 grams of Neomycin sulphate. 500 milligram tablets are available. How many tablets will you give ? ______________

 

 

FLUID RATE: 

 

1. Normal saline is ordered for a patient.  1200 mL is to be infused over 10 hours. The drip factor on the IV line is 15 gtt//mL. What should the drip rate for this infusion be?

 

1. Calculate the drip rate for 100 ml of IV Fluids to be given over a half hour via a giving set which delivers 10 drops/ml.
2. One liter of Normal Saline is charted over 9 hours. The drop factor is 15. Calculate the number of drops per minute.

 

1. One and a half liters of Normal Saline is required to be given over 4 hours. Using a giving set which delivers 10 drops/ml how many drops per minute will need to be given?

 

 

1. Calculate the drip rate for 2 liters of IV Fluids to be given over 5 hours via an IV set which delivers 10 drops/ml. ____________

 

1. Order: 1 liter of Dextrose 5% in water over 8 hours using an IV set which delivers 10 drops/ml. Calculate the rate in drops/minute.

 

 

1. You are required to administer 100 mls of IV Fluids over 1 hour. The drop factor is 15. How many drops per minute are required to start the flow off at the correct rate?

 

1. You are required to administer 500 mls of Normal Saline over 3.5 hours. The drop factor is 10. How many drops per minute are required to start the flow off at the correct rate?

 

 

1. Calculate the drip rate for 500 mls of Normal Saline to be given over 4.5 hours via a giving set which delivers 15 drops/ml.

 

1. The doctor orders a volume of 250 mL to be infused at 30 mL/hr. You start this infusion at 12 noon. At what time will this infusion be complete? ___________

 

 

1. The doctors have ordered an infusion of 1500mL of 5% Dextrose to be given at the rate of 50 drops per minute. Assuming a drop factor of 20 drops per mL, how many hours will it take for this infusion to complete? _______

 

 

1. Start IV therapy with D5% 0.3% NaCl 500cc x 34 ugtts/min. How many hours will this IV fluid be consumed?