Chapter 5: Dosage Calculations Exam
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True or False: One tablespoon is False
equivalent to 30 milliliters. (Rationale: One tablespoon is equivalent
to 15
milliliters.)
Six fluid ounces are equivalent to b. 180 mL
how many milliliters? (Rationale: One fluid ounce is equivalent to
a. 120 mL 30 mL.
b. 180 mL Using this conversion, the nurse would set
c. 240 mL up the
d. 60 mL following ratio and proportion: 1 f oz/30 mL
=6f
oz/X mL. Cross multiplying and solving for
X: X =
180 mL.)
A patient is to receive 150 mL of a. 2.5 mL
intravenous solution over the next (Rationale: The nurse would divide 150 mL
hour using a microdrip delivery by 60
system. How much fluid would the minutes, which would result in 2.5 mL per
patient receive in 1 minute? minute.)
a. 2.5 mL
b. 1.5 mL
c. 4.5 mL
d. 3.0 mL
, A child is to receive 500 mg of an d. 10 mL
antibiotic suspension. The label on (Rationale: To determine the amount to
the bottle reads 250 mg/5 mL. The give, the
nurse would administer how much nurse would set up the following ratio and
of proportion: 250 mg/5 mL = 500 mg/X mL.
the suspension in one dose? Cross
a. 2.5 mL multiplying and solving for X: 250X = 5 x
b. 7.5 mL 500; X = 10
c. 5 mL mL.)
d. 10 mL
A drug label reads "1 tablet equals d. 1 grain
50 milligrams". How many grains (Rationale: Sixty milligrams is equivalent to
would this be? 1 grain.)
a. 0.5 grain
b. 1.5 grains
c. 2 grains
d. 1 grain
True or False: Clark's rule is False
commonly used today to calculate (Rationale: Clark's rule, Young's rule, and
pediatric drug dosages, but Fried's
Young's rule are not commonly used to determine
rule is rarely used. pediatric
doses. Body surface area or milligrams per
kilogram of body weight are most
commonly used.)
Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions | Latest Updated 2026
True or False: One tablespoon is False
equivalent to 30 milliliters. (Rationale: One tablespoon is equivalent
to 15
milliliters.)
Six fluid ounces are equivalent to b. 180 mL
how many milliliters? (Rationale: One fluid ounce is equivalent to
a. 120 mL 30 mL.
b. 180 mL Using this conversion, the nurse would set
c. 240 mL up the
d. 60 mL following ratio and proportion: 1 f oz/30 mL
=6f
oz/X mL. Cross multiplying and solving for
X: X =
180 mL.)
A patient is to receive 150 mL of a. 2.5 mL
intravenous solution over the next (Rationale: The nurse would divide 150 mL
hour using a microdrip delivery by 60
system. How much fluid would the minutes, which would result in 2.5 mL per
patient receive in 1 minute? minute.)
a. 2.5 mL
b. 1.5 mL
c. 4.5 mL
d. 3.0 mL
, A child is to receive 500 mg of an d. 10 mL
antibiotic suspension. The label on (Rationale: To determine the amount to
the bottle reads 250 mg/5 mL. The give, the
nurse would administer how much nurse would set up the following ratio and
of proportion: 250 mg/5 mL = 500 mg/X mL.
the suspension in one dose? Cross
a. 2.5 mL multiplying and solving for X: 250X = 5 x
b. 7.5 mL 500; X = 10
c. 5 mL mL.)
d. 10 mL
A drug label reads "1 tablet equals d. 1 grain
50 milligrams". How many grains (Rationale: Sixty milligrams is equivalent to
would this be? 1 grain.)
a. 0.5 grain
b. 1.5 grains
c. 2 grains
d. 1 grain
True or False: Clark's rule is False
commonly used today to calculate (Rationale: Clark's rule, Young's rule, and
pediatric drug dosages, but Fried's
Young's rule are not commonly used to determine
rule is rarely used. pediatric
doses. Body surface area or milligrams per
kilogram of body weight are most
commonly used.)
