Dosage Calculations FINAL Exam Version 2 KEY Question and Answers

1. Order: Compazine 10 mg, PO, qid. Using the following drug label, how many tablet(s) would you give per dose? Answer 2 2. A patient is to receive lidocaine hydrochloride (Xylocaine) 100 mg as an intravenous bolus. The Xylocaine is labeled 20 mg/mL. How many milliliters should be administered? Answer 5 3. Medication order: Nafcillin 0.5 G, IM, q6h. Drug available: 2 g Nafcillin Sodium for injection, USP. How many milliliters of Nafcillin would you give per dose? Answer 2 4. The medication order is to administer Ancef 5 mg/kg. The child weighs 90 pounds. The maximum dosage is 750 mg. How many milligrams are ordered for the child? Answer 204.55 5. Mix 10 units of oxytocin in 1000 mL NS. Start infusion at 25 mL/hr. Do Increase by 5 mL/hr every 10 minutes until uterine contractions are 2 to 3 minutes apart not to exceed 44 miliunits/min. Maintain total IV fluid volume at 100 mL/hr. How many miliunits per hour will be delivered? Answer 250 6. The medication order is to administer furosemide (Lasix) 2 mg/kg/day. The child weighs 33 pounds. Drug available: 8 mL vial labeled Lasix 10 mg/mL. How many mL will the nurse administer each day? Answer 3 7. Order: 20 mg of a medication by mouth tid Patient weight: 132 pounds (60kg) Safe dose range: 1 to 3 mg/kg/day This is a safe medication order. A) True B) False Answer A) True 8. Medication order: Capoten 100 mg Available: Capoten 0.1 g tablets How many tablets will you administer? Answer 1 9. Prefixes can be added to a basic unit of measurement to indicate a larger or smaller unit of measurement than the basic unit. What does the prefix kilo indicate? A) One hundred B) Ten C) One thousand D) One tenth Answer C) One thousand 10. 3 cups= mL Answer 720 ...........................................................................................CONTINUED