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Name: ________________________________________ Date: _____________________
1. Furosemide 50mg IV push now.
Available: Furosemide 40mg/10mL
How many mL will you give?
Answer ________________12.5
2. The IV order is for D5W to infuse at 100 mL/hr. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL.
How many drops per minute (gtt/min) should the IV be regulated?
Answer ________________17
3. 4 Tablespoons = ______________teaspoons?
Answer ________________12
4. Order: Cinoxacin 1 g/day, PO, in two divided doses
Drug available: 500 mg capsules
How many milligrams would you give per dose?
Answer ________________500
5. The medication order is to administer Prozac 40 mg PO qid.
Available: Prozac liquid 20 mg per 5 mL
How many mL will you administer?
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Answer ________________10
6. Order: 35 mg of a medication by mouth tid
Patient weight: 99 pounds
Safe dose range: 2 to 4 mg/kg/day
This is a safe medication order.
A) True
B) False
Answer ________________A) True
7. The nurse wants to give 2 g of magnesium sulfate and has available a medication labeled 50%
magnesium sulfate in 20 mL.
How many mL will the nurse administer?
Answer ________________4
8. The BSA of a 5-year-old patient is 0.9 m2
Medication order: Carmustine 75 mg/m2 every day times 2 days
Available: 100 mg/10 mL vial
The patient would receive a dose of _____ mL/day times 2 days.
Answer ________________6.8
9. Order: LR 1000 mL at 90 mL/hr. How many hours are required to administer the following fluid at the
given rate?
Answer ________________11.1
10. The BSA of a patient who is 3 years old is 0.62 m2.
Medication order: Daunorubicin 25 mg/m2 weekly
Available: 2 mg/mL in 25 mL vial
The patient would receive a dose of _____ mg/week.
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Answer ________________15.5
11. Medication order: lidocaine, continuous infusion at 2 mg/min on the infusion pump.
Available: IV of 500 mL D5W with 2 g lidocaine added
What will be the hourly rate for the infusion pump (mL/hour)?
Answer ________________30
12. Patient weight: 32 kg
Medication order: Nitroprusside 2 mcg/kg/min
Pediatric dose: 200-500 mcg/kg/hr
Drug available: Nitroprusside 50 mg/5 mL
Dilution: 50.5 mg in 250 mL of NS at 19 mL/hr
Will this dilution deliver 2 mcg/kg/min?
A) True
B) False
Answer ________________A) True
13. What is the weight in pounds of someone who weighs 100 KGs?
Answer: ________________220
14. Calculate the total dose of a medication to be administered if a patient weighs 22 pounds and is to
be given 60 mg/kg/day?
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Answer ________________600
15. Order: D5 1/4 1000 mL at 100 mL/hr. How many hours are required to administer the following fluid
at the given rate?
Answer ________________10
16. Medication order: Meperidine (Demerol) 35 mg, IM, q4–6h, prn. Using the following drug label, how
many milliliters of Demerol would you give per dose?
Answer ________________0.7
17. Medication order: Heparin 25,000 units in 500 mL, infuse 4000 units/hr
How many mL per hour do you need to infuse to deliver 4000 units/hr?
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Name: ________________________________________ Date: _____________________
1. Furosemide 50mg IV push now.
Available: Furosemide 40mg/10mL
How many mL will you give?
Answer ________________12.5
2. The IV order is for D5W to infuse at 100 mL/hr. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL.
How many drops per minute (gtt/min) should the IV be regulated?
Answer ________________17
3. 4 Tablespoons = ______________teaspoons?
Answer ________________12
4. Order: Cinoxacin 1 g/day, PO, in two divided doses
Drug available: 500 mg capsules
How many milligrams would you give per dose?
Answer ________________500
5. The medication order is to administer Prozac 40 mg PO qid.
Available: Prozac liquid 20 mg per 5 mL
How many mL will you administer?
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Answer ________________10
6. Order: 35 mg of a medication by mouth tid
Patient weight: 99 pounds
Safe dose range: 2 to 4 mg/kg/day
This is a safe medication order.
A) True
B) False
Answer ________________A) True
7. The nurse wants to give 2 g of magnesium sulfate and has available a medication labeled 50%
magnesium sulfate in 20 mL.
How many mL will the nurse administer?
Answer ________________4
8. The BSA of a 5-year-old patient is 0.9 m2
Medication order: Carmustine 75 mg/m2 every day times 2 days
Available: 100 mg/10 mL vial
The patient would receive a dose of _____ mL/day times 2 days.
Answer ________________6.8
9. Order: LR 1000 mL at 90 mL/hr. How many hours are required to administer the following fluid at the
given rate?
Answer ________________11.1
10. The BSA of a patient who is 3 years old is 0.62 m2.
Medication order: Daunorubicin 25 mg/m2 weekly
Available: 2 mg/mL in 25 mL vial
The patient would receive a dose of _____ mg/week.
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Answer ________________15.5
11. Medication order: lidocaine, continuous infusion at 2 mg/min on the infusion pump.
Available: IV of 500 mL D5W with 2 g lidocaine added
What will be the hourly rate for the infusion pump (mL/hour)?
Answer ________________30
12. Patient weight: 32 kg
Medication order: Nitroprusside 2 mcg/kg/min
Pediatric dose: 200-500 mcg/kg/hr
Drug available: Nitroprusside 50 mg/5 mL
Dilution: 50.5 mg in 250 mL of NS at 19 mL/hr
Will this dilution deliver 2 mcg/kg/min?
A) True
B) False
Answer ________________A) True
13. What is the weight in pounds of someone who weighs 100 KGs?
Answer: ________________220
14. Calculate the total dose of a medication to be administered if a patient weighs 22 pounds and is to
be given 60 mg/kg/day?
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Answer ________________600
15. Order: D5 1/4 1000 mL at 100 mL/hr. How many hours are required to administer the following fluid
at the given rate?
Answer ________________10
16. Medication order: Meperidine (Demerol) 35 mg, IM, q4–6h, prn. Using the following drug label, how
many milliliters of Demerol would you give per dose?
Answer ________________0.7
17. Medication order: Heparin 25,000 units in 500 mL, infuse 4000 units/hr
How many mL per hour do you need to infuse to deliver 4000 units/hr?
