NSG 4800 exam 3 Dosage Calculation Practice 1 – NSG 4800 Questions With Answers Graded A+ Assured Success

Place your answer in the box. Show all your work. These practice questions do not necessarily reflect the questions on the test. Know how to convert values. Know the dimensional analysis process. DO NOT USE THIS AS YOUR ONLY DA PRACTICE RESOURCE! Use your DA text, consult with the 4100 content enrichment specialist, attend dosage calculation in-services (see the calendar on the SRC site) etc. 1. The nurse is caring for a client with hypothyroidism and has been prescribed levothyroxine (Synthroid) 75 mcg daily. The pharmacy sends levothyroxine 0.05 mg/tablet. The tablets are scored. How many tablet(s) will the nurse administer? Record your answer to the nearest whole or half tablet. ? tab = 1 tab x mg x 75 mcg = 75 = 1.5 tabs 0.05 mg 1000mcg 50 2. The nurse is caring for a client with heart failure. Furosemide 40 mg IV has been prescribed. The label reads furosemide 10 mg/mL. How many mLs will the nurse administer? Record your answer as a whole number. ? mL = 40mg x 1mL = 4 mL 10 mg 3. The nurse is caring for a client with anemia due to chronic kidney disease. Epoetin alpha 15, 000 units IV is prescribed. Using the label below, determine how many mLs the nurse should administer per dose. Record your answer to one decimal place. 4. The nurse is caring for a client with sepsis who has been prescribed vancomycin 750 mg every 12 hours. The safe dosage range is 10 to 20 mg/kg every 12 hours. The client’s weight is 150 lbs. Determine if each dose is non-therapeutic, safe or unsafe to administer . 150 lbs = 68.18… kg 68.18 kg x 10 mg = 681.8 68.18 kg x 20 mg = 1363.6 1.5 tabs 4 mL 7.5 mL ? mL = 15,000 units x 1mL = 7.5 mL 2,000 units Dose is (circle one): Non-therapeutic Safe Unsafe 5. The nurse is caring for a client in septic shock who has been prescribed dobutamine hydrocholoride (Dobutrex) to infuse at 14 mL/hr. The pharmacy label reads dobutamine 250 mg/ D5W 500 mL. In the last 24 hours, how many mg of dobutamine has the patient received? Record your answer as a whole number. ? mg = 250 mg x 14 mL x 24 hr = 84,000 = 168 mg 1 hr 500 mL 1 hr 500 6. The nurse is caring for a client with upper gastrointestinal bleeding who has been prescribed 4 units of packed red blood cells to infuse at a rate of 150 mL /hr. Each unit contains 300 ml. The nurse determines that it will take how many hours for this infusion? Record your answer as a whole number. ? hrs = 1 hr x 1200 mL = 8 hrs 150 mL 7. The nurse is caring for a burn client. The physician prescribes albumin 400 mL over 6 hours. The nurse uses a microdrip set-up. What should the infusion rate be in gtts/min? Record your answer to one decimal place. ? gtt = 400 mL x 60 gtt x 1 hr = 24 000 gtt = 66.7 gtt/min min 6 hr mL 60 min 360 min 8. The nurse is caring for a client in cardiogenic shock who has been prescribed norepinephrine bitartrate. The client is receiving 3 mcg/min. The pharmacy label reads norepinephrine 10mg/ D5W 250mL. How many ml/hr should be infused? Record your answer to one decimal place.