NR 442 Week 1 Medication Calculation Practice Exam

1. Question: The primary health Care provider prescribes heparin sodium 5000 units subcutaneously every 8 hours for a client with a deep when thrombosis DVT the viol reads happening sodium 7500 units per 5 Mili litres ml 2. Question: The nurse practitioner prescribes morphine sulfate 6 MG intervenous (IV) every four hours as needed (PRN) for pain. The morphine is available in a 8 mg/2 mL vial. How many millilitres (mL) of this drug will the nurse administer to the client in each dose? 3. Question: A client with a history of schizophrenia is prescribed Risperdal (risperidone) 2.5 mg by mouth BID for maintenance therapy. The label reads 0.25 mg per orally-disintegrating tablet. How many tablets does the nurse administrator per day? 4. Question: A client is prescribed dobutamine (Dobutrex), which is to be infused at 20 milliliters per hour (ml / h). The customer weighs 60 t 250 mg in 250 ml D5W. How many micrograms per kilogram per minute (mcg/kg/min) of Dobutamine infunsing? 5. Question: The primary healthcare provider prescribes Sodium Nitroprusside (Nipride) to infuse at 90 ml per hour. The client weighs 80 kg. The available concentration is 50 mg of Nipride in 250 mL of D5W. How many micrograms per kilogram per minute (mcg/kg/min) of nepride is infusing? 6. Question: The prescription reads Benadryl (diphenhydramine hydrochloride) 45 mg intramuscular (IM) every 6 hours PRN. The vial for Benadryl states 50 mg/ml. How many millilitres (mL) would you administer per dose? 7. Question: A client who weighs 120 pounds in prescribed the antibiotic drug Cleocin (clindamycin) 8 mg/kg/day divided into 3 equal doses. How many grams of the medication will the client receive over the 7 day period? 8. Question: The client is prescribed 4 units of platelets (200 ml) to infuse in 2 hours. The tubing drip rate is 15 drops per milliliter (gtt/mL). At what rate in drops/minute (gtt/min) would the nurse set the pump to complete the infusion in 2 hours? 9. Question: The primary healthcare provider has prescribed ticarcillin (Ticar) 600 mg intramuscular every 4 hours. The available dose and reconstitution instructions are: Add 2 milliliters (mL) sterile water for injection to make ticarcillin 1g per 2.6 mL. How much would the nurse give in mililiters (mL). 10. Question: The primary health Care provider prescribes dexamethasone sodium phosphate 6 mg intramuscular (IM) every 12 hours for a client. The recommended safe dosage range is 2-9 mg per day. The vial strength is 8 mg per millilitre (mg/mL). a) Calculate the daily dose in mg is the prescribed dosage safe b) How many millilitres will you administer per dose? 11. Question: The primary healthcare provider prescribes Norvir (ritonavir) 0.6 grams by mouth TID for a client with HIV. The medication is supplied as an oral solution labelled 40 milligrams per milliliter (mg/mL). How many millilitres (mL) of medication would the client receive per dose? 12. Question: The nurse practitioner prescribes Penicillin G 3, 000, 000 units intramuscular one time dose for treatment of a severe upper respiratory infection. The vial label reads 5 million units in 3 mililiters (mL). Calculate how many millilitres (mL) of this antibiotic the nurse would administrator to the client? 13. Question: The prescription reads Fragmin (dalteparine sodium) 80 units/kg subcutaneously every 12 hours. The client weighs 175 pounds. The Fragmin is available in a single-use 10, 000 units per milliliter (units/ml/ syring. How many millilitres will the nurse administrator per dose? 14. Question: A client is prescribed esmolol (Brevibioc) to be infused at 60 milliliters per hour (mL). The client weighs 70 kg. The available concentration esmolol 5 grams in 500 milliliters (mL) of D5W. Calculate the micrograms per kilogram per minute (mcg/kg/min) of esmolol infusing. 15. Question: A client weighs 86 pounds. The daily recommended safe dose range for a certain drug is 0.05 – 0.1 mg/kg/day.