ATI Dosage Calculation: Pediatric
Medications Exam Questions And
Correct Answers
\.A nurse is preparing to administer dexamethasone 0.3 mg/kg/day PO divided in equal doses
every 12 hr to a school-age child who weighs 50 lb. Available is dexamethasone oral solution
0.5 mg/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose?
34 mL
\.A nurse is caring for a preschool-age child who weighs 18 kg. What is the child's daily
maintenance fluid requirement?
1400 mL/day
\.A nurse is preparing to administer 2 mg/kg/dose PO every 8 hr to an infant who weighs 12
lb. Available is furosemide oral solution 10 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse
administer per dose?
1.1 mL
\.A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride (0.9% NaCl) 6 mL/kg IV to infuse
over 2 hr to an infant who weighs 8 kg. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many
mL/hr?
24 mL/hr
\.A charge nurse is reviewing techniques for the safe administration of medications to
children with a newly licensed nurse.Which of the following statements should the nurse
make?
"Confirm chemotherapy medication dosages using a body surface area nomogram."
\.A nurse is caring for an infant who weighs 6 kg. What is the infant's daily maintenance fluid
requirement?
Medications Exam Questions And
Correct Answers
\.A nurse is preparing to administer dexamethasone 0.3 mg/kg/day PO divided in equal doses
every 12 hr to a school-age child who weighs 50 lb. Available is dexamethasone oral solution
0.5 mg/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose?
34 mL
\.A nurse is caring for a preschool-age child who weighs 18 kg. What is the child's daily
maintenance fluid requirement?
1400 mL/day
\.A nurse is preparing to administer 2 mg/kg/dose PO every 8 hr to an infant who weighs 12
lb. Available is furosemide oral solution 10 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse
administer per dose?
1.1 mL
\.A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride (0.9% NaCl) 6 mL/kg IV to infuse
over 2 hr to an infant who weighs 8 kg. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many
mL/hr?
24 mL/hr
\.A charge nurse is reviewing techniques for the safe administration of medications to
children with a newly licensed nurse.Which of the following statements should the nurse
make?
"Confirm chemotherapy medication dosages using a body surface area nomogram."
\.A nurse is caring for an infant who weighs 6 kg. What is the infant's daily maintenance fluid
requirement?
