The physician has written an order for a medication, 3,000 units to be given SQ.
You have on hand 5,000 units/mL. You will administer _______mL.
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-3000/5000 *1
= 0.6mL
The surgeon orders for 75 mg of a medication to be given IV push. The medication
is available in a concentration of 125 mg/2 mL. You will administer ____mL to the
patient. (record your answer using one decimal place)
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-1.2
The sliding scale order states: [FORMULA: (BG-100)÷30]= number of units of
insulin to be given. At 1600 the patient's blood glucose is 150. You will administer
_____ units of insulin (round to the nearest whole number).
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-150-100/30
=1.66
rounded to nearest whole number = 2
Your patient's blood glucose is 302 mg/dL. The sliding scale order is to
administer insulin using this formula: [FORMULA: (BG-100)÷40]= number of units
, to administer. Based upon your patient's glucose, you should administer ____
units of insulin. (round to the nearest whole number)
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-302-100/40
=5.05
rounded = 5
The physician has ordered a medication 5 mg/kg IV. The patient weighs 865
grams. The medication vial contains 10 mg/mL. The dose to be given would be
_______mL. (record your answer using two decimal places)
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-.43
this weight is nuts
The physician orders 20 mg of a drug by IM injection. The medication is available
in a 50 mg/mL vial. You should administer _____ mL of the medication. (record
your answer using one decimal place)
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-.4
The physician orders a medication to be administered at 0.9 mg/kg IV. The patient
weighs 130 lbs. You are administering ____mg of the medication. (record your
answer using one decimal place)
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-53.2