ATI Safe Dosage Calculations: Critical Care Medications Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified

ATI Safe Dosage Calculations: Critical Care Medications Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified A provider orders dopamine 5 mcg/kg/min for a client weighing 70 kg. What is the total dose per minute? 350 mcg/min A nurse must administer norepinephrine 8 mcg/min. The IV solution is labeled 4 mg in 250 mL. What is the rate in mL/hr? 30 mL/hr A client is prescribed epinephrine at 0.1 mcg/kg/min. The client weighs 80 kg. What is the total dose per minute? 8 mcg/min You are preparing to administer dobutamine 5 mcg/kg/min. The client weighs 60 kg. How many mcg will you administer per minute? 300 mcg/min 2 A nitroprusside infusion is ordered at 3 mcg/kg/min for a 75 kg patient. What is the total dose per minute? 225 mcg/min The pharmacy delivers levophed (norepinephrine) 4 mg in 250 mL D5W. What is the concentration in mcg/mL? 16 mcg/mL A nurse is to administer a dopamine infusion at 400 mcg/min. The bag contains 800 mg in 250 mL. What is the rate in mL/hr? 7.5 mL/hr A patient on a vasopressor drip needs to be titrated by 2 mcg/min increments. The current rate is 6 mcg/min. What is the new dose after one increase? 8 mcg/min A client receiving an epinephrine infusion at 0.15 mcg/kg/min weighs 60 kg. What is the total dose per minute? 3 9 mcg/min The physician orders an infusion of amiodarone at 1 mg/min for the first 6 hours. How many mg will be administered in 6 hours? 360 mg A lidocaine drip is infusing at 2 mg/min. How many mg will the client receive in 1 hour? 120 mg You have a heparin infusion with 25,000 units in 250 mL. What is the concentration in units/mL? 100 units/mL A heparin drip is running at 18 units/kg/hr for a 70 kg client. What is the total hourly dose? 1,260 units/hr A client is receiving vasopressin 0.04 units/min. How many units will they receive in one hour? 2.4 units/hr 4 A nitroglycerin infusion is ordered at 25 mcg/min. The bag is mixed as 50 mg in 250 mL. What is the concentration in mcg/mL? 200 mcg/mL You are administering milrinone at 0.5 mcg/kg/min to a 65 kg patient. What is the total mcg/min dosage? 32.5 mcg/min An order for insulin drip reads 1 unit/hr. The bag contains 100 units in 100 mL. What is the rate in mL/hr? 1 mL/hr