NR 443 CHAPTER 10: ADVANCED INTRAVENOUS CALCULATIONS

. Directions: Calculate the IV medication and infusion rates. Use a calculator for safe dose range calculations, multiplication, and long division as desired. Verify results using DE-style equations where requested. If the order is unsafe, do not proceed with the math. Label answers. Ordered: medicated IV at 4 mcgper kg per min. Patient’s weight: 50 kg. a. Information requested: Micrograms per minute ordered Calculator result: b. Information requested: Micrograms per hour ordered Calculator result: c. Information requested: Milligrams per hour ordered Calculator result: Directions: Calculate the IV medication and infusion rates. Use a calculator for safe dose range calculations, multiplication, and long division as desired. Verify results using DE-style equations where requested. If the order is unsafe, do not proceed with the math. Label answers. An IV of 1000 mL of D5W contains 400 mg of dopamine HCl. a. What is the concentration in milligrams per milliliter? (Remember: per indicates division.) Show the data you would enter on a calculator or use a DA equation. b. What is the concentration in micrograms per milliliter? (Move the decimal point carefully.) Show the data you would enter