Med Math Practice Exam Questions and Answers
1. Order: Solu-Medrol 200mg IVP every 4
hours. Solu-Medrol comes 125 mg in a 2 ml
vial.
How many ml’s are you going to give your patient? 3.2ml
2. Heparin 6,000 units SQ (subcutaneous) is order every 4 hours. Available is
5,000 units/ml.
How many ml’s do you draw up? 1.2 ml
3. The doctor ordered 1 oz of cough syrup to be given. How many milliliters will
the nurse dispense? 30ml
4. Ordered: 250ml of NS to run over 120 minutes. What do you set your rate ml/hr
on the infusion pump? 125ml/hr
5. You are hanging a 50 ml piggy back medication that is to infuse over 60 minutes.
On your IV pump what would your volume to be infused be? 50ml and
rate ml/hr? 50ml/hr
6. Mr. Jones is visiting with his home health nurse. The potassium pills come in
20meq per pill.
Order: Potassium supplement (K-Dur) 60 meq by mouth every day.
Mr. Jones has 30 pills left.
How many days will the pills last? 10 Days
1. Order: Solu-Medrol 200mg IVP every 4
hours. Solu-Medrol comes 125 mg in a 2 ml
vial.
How many ml’s are you going to give your patient? 3.2ml
2. Heparin 6,000 units SQ (subcutaneous) is order every 4 hours. Available is
5,000 units/ml.
How many ml’s do you draw up? 1.2 ml
3. The doctor ordered 1 oz of cough syrup to be given. How many milliliters will
the nurse dispense? 30ml
4. Ordered: 250ml of NS to run over 120 minutes. What do you set your rate ml/hr
on the infusion pump? 125ml/hr
5. You are hanging a 50 ml piggy back medication that is to infuse over 60 minutes.
On your IV pump what would your volume to be infused be? 50ml and
rate ml/hr? 50ml/hr
6. Mr. Jones is visiting with his home health nurse. The potassium pills come in
20meq per pill.
Order: Potassium supplement (K-Dur) 60 meq by mouth every day.
Mr. Jones has 30 pills left.
How many days will the pills last? 10 Days
