College of Southern Nevada Nursing 211 Med-Surg II
Practice Problems nur-211 ii dosage-calculation-practice-
problems-for-nursing-students
Name: ________________________________
Date: ___________________________
Directions:
1. Solve the dosage calculation problems utilizing the method of your choice.
2. Show your work!
3.Divide math out to the hundredth and round back to the tenth place. Round answers that
refer to drops to whole numbers.
4. Please write your answers to the questions on the lines provided for each question.
5. Label answers with the correct unit designation (ml, tab, gtts, etc.).
1. Order: Lorazepam, 0.5 mg IV.
You have available to you, lorazepam 2 mg/ml. Question: How many ml’s will you
administer?
1.
2. Order: 1 Liter D5W in 6 hours.
Drop factor: 20 gtts/ml.
Question: At how many gtts/minute will the nurse administer the solution?
2.
3. Order: Infuse Ceftriaxone 1 gm in 50 ml of normal saline IVPB over 30 minutes.
Drip Factor: 15 gtt/ml.
Question: What is your drip rate?
3.
4. Order: Infuse Nitroprusside 50 mg in 250 ml of D5W at 2 mcg/kg/min. Your patient
weighs 105kg.
Question: What is your flow rate to be set at in ml/hour?
4.
5. Order: Infuse
heparin at 1400 units/hr.
You have a solution of 25,000 units/250 ml D5W.
Question: At what rate would you set your pump?
5.
6. Ordered: 400 ml. to be infused in 2 hours.
Drop Factor: 12 gtts/ml
Question: How many gtts/min. will be administered?
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Nursing 211: Med-Surg II
Practice Problems
6.________________
7. Order: Heparin 8 units/kg/hr.
Your patient weighs 175#.
Pharmacy has supplied you with heparin 25,000 units/250 ml D5W.
Question: How many ml/hour would you set the infusion pump for?
7.________________
8. Order: Mefoxin 1 gm. IVPB over 30 minutes. Label: 1 gm. in 50 milliliters physiologic
saline.
Drop factor: 10 gtts/ml.
Question: How many drops per minute should the IVPB infuse?
8. __________________
9. Order: Dopamine at 0.5 mcg/kg/min.
Your patient weighs 115kg.
Question: How many mcg is your patient to receive per hour?
9.
10. Order: Label:
Question:
10. __________________
11. Order: Aminophylline loading dose of 6 mg/kg over 30 minutes. Your patient weighs
75#.
Question: How many mg will your patient receive as a loading dose?
11.
12. Order: Amrinone 3mg/kg I.V. The client weighs 140 kg.
Supply available: Amrinone 125 mg/5ml.
Question: How many ml. will the nurse administer?
12._______________
13. Order: Amrinone 0.75 mg/kg/minute.
Patient weight: 135kg
Question: How much amrinone is your patient receiving each minute?
13.
14. Ordered: 500 ml. to be infused in 6.5 hours. Drop Factor: 12 gtts/ml.
Question: How many gtts/min. will be administered?
14._______________
15. Order: Neo-synephrine 30 mg in 250 ml of solution to infuse at 3 mcg/kg/min.
Your patient weighs 160#.
Question: What is your flow rate in ml/hour?
15.
Practice Problems nur-211 ii dosage-calculation-practice-
problems-for-nursing-students
Name: ________________________________
Date: ___________________________
Directions:
1. Solve the dosage calculation problems utilizing the method of your choice.
2. Show your work!
3.Divide math out to the hundredth and round back to the tenth place. Round answers that
refer to drops to whole numbers.
4. Please write your answers to the questions on the lines provided for each question.
5. Label answers with the correct unit designation (ml, tab, gtts, etc.).
1. Order: Lorazepam, 0.5 mg IV.
You have available to you, lorazepam 2 mg/ml. Question: How many ml’s will you
administer?
1.
2. Order: 1 Liter D5W in 6 hours.
Drop factor: 20 gtts/ml.
Question: At how many gtts/minute will the nurse administer the solution?
2.
3. Order: Infuse Ceftriaxone 1 gm in 50 ml of normal saline IVPB over 30 minutes.
Drip Factor: 15 gtt/ml.
Question: What is your drip rate?
3.
4. Order: Infuse Nitroprusside 50 mg in 250 ml of D5W at 2 mcg/kg/min. Your patient
weighs 105kg.
Question: What is your flow rate to be set at in ml/hour?
4.
5. Order: Infuse
heparin at 1400 units/hr.
You have a solution of 25,000 units/250 ml D5W.
Question: At what rate would you set your pump?
5.
6. Ordered: 400 ml. to be infused in 2 hours.
Drop Factor: 12 gtts/ml
Question: How many gtts/min. will be administered?
, College of Southern Nevada
Nursing 211: Med-Surg II
Practice Problems
6.________________
7. Order: Heparin 8 units/kg/hr.
Your patient weighs 175#.
Pharmacy has supplied you with heparin 25,000 units/250 ml D5W.
Question: How many ml/hour would you set the infusion pump for?
7.________________
8. Order: Mefoxin 1 gm. IVPB over 30 minutes. Label: 1 gm. in 50 milliliters physiologic
saline.
Drop factor: 10 gtts/ml.
Question: How many drops per minute should the IVPB infuse?
8. __________________
9. Order: Dopamine at 0.5 mcg/kg/min.
Your patient weighs 115kg.
Question: How many mcg is your patient to receive per hour?
9.
10. Order: Label:
Question:
10. __________________
11. Order: Aminophylline loading dose of 6 mg/kg over 30 minutes. Your patient weighs
75#.
Question: How many mg will your patient receive as a loading dose?
11.
12. Order: Amrinone 3mg/kg I.V. The client weighs 140 kg.
Supply available: Amrinone 125 mg/5ml.
Question: How many ml. will the nurse administer?
12._______________
13. Order: Amrinone 0.75 mg/kg/minute.
Patient weight: 135kg
Question: How much amrinone is your patient receiving each minute?
13.
14. Ordered: 500 ml. to be infused in 6.5 hours. Drop Factor: 12 gtts/ml.
Question: How many gtts/min. will be administered?
14._______________
15. Order: Neo-synephrine 30 mg in 250 ml of solution to infuse at 3 mcg/kg/min.
Your patient weighs 160#.
Question: What is your flow rate in ml/hour?
15.
