Critical Care Dosages EXAM 2024
LATEST EXAM 2LATEST VERSIONS 200
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES Critical
Care Dosages MIDTERM EXAM
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The physician has ordered a norepinephrine drip at 8 mcg/min for a patient with
hypotension. The norepinephrine concentration is 4 mg/250 mL D5W. How many
milliliters per hour should the norepinephrine be infused? - Answer - ✔ 30
A patient is receiving vasopressin at 12 mL/h. The vasopressin concentration is 4
mg/250 mL. How many micrograms per minute of vasopressin is the patient receiving? -
Answer - ✔ 3.2
The physician orders dopamine IV drip at 4 mcg/kg/min for low blood pressure. The
patient weighs 154 lb. The medication is supplied in 400 mg/250 mL of 0.45% NS.
Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour. - Answer - ✔ 11
During your morning assessment, you note that a patient with heart failure has a
nitroglycerin drip infusing at 7 mL/h. With a concentration of nitroglycerin 50 mg/250 mL,
how many micrograms per minute is the patient receiving? - Answer - ✔ 23.3
The physician has ordered a lidocaine drip at 2 mg/min for a patient with ventricular
tachycardia. The lidocaine concentration is 2 g/250 mL D5W. How many milliliters per
hour should the lidocaine be infused - Answer - ✔ 15
Nesiritide is ordered to infuse at 0.01 mcg/kg/min for a patient with congestive heart
failure. The nesiritide is available in a 1.5 mg/250 mL D5W concentration. How many
milliliters per hour should the nesiritide infuse for an 80-kg patient? - Answer - ✔ 8
A patient is receiving lidocaine at 15 mL/h. The concentration of lidocaine is 2 g/500 mL
of D5W. Calculate the milligrams per minute the patient is receiving - Answer - ✔ 1
The physician orders nitroprusside IV drip at 3 mcg/kg/min for elevated blood pressure.
The patient weighs 165 lb. The medication is supplied in 50 mg/250 mL of D5W.
Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour. - Answer - ✔ 68
LATEST EXAM 2LATEST VERSIONS 200
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES Critical
Care Dosages MIDTERM EXAM
|AGRADE
The physician has ordered a norepinephrine drip at 8 mcg/min for a patient with
hypotension. The norepinephrine concentration is 4 mg/250 mL D5W. How many
milliliters per hour should the norepinephrine be infused? - Answer - ✔ 30
A patient is receiving vasopressin at 12 mL/h. The vasopressin concentration is 4
mg/250 mL. How many micrograms per minute of vasopressin is the patient receiving? -
Answer - ✔ 3.2
The physician orders dopamine IV drip at 4 mcg/kg/min for low blood pressure. The
patient weighs 154 lb. The medication is supplied in 400 mg/250 mL of 0.45% NS.
Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour. - Answer - ✔ 11
During your morning assessment, you note that a patient with heart failure has a
nitroglycerin drip infusing at 7 mL/h. With a concentration of nitroglycerin 50 mg/250 mL,
how many micrograms per minute is the patient receiving? - Answer - ✔ 23.3
The physician has ordered a lidocaine drip at 2 mg/min for a patient with ventricular
tachycardia. The lidocaine concentration is 2 g/250 mL D5W. How many milliliters per
hour should the lidocaine be infused - Answer - ✔ 15
Nesiritide is ordered to infuse at 0.01 mcg/kg/min for a patient with congestive heart
failure. The nesiritide is available in a 1.5 mg/250 mL D5W concentration. How many
milliliters per hour should the nesiritide infuse for an 80-kg patient? - Answer - ✔ 8
A patient is receiving lidocaine at 15 mL/h. The concentration of lidocaine is 2 g/500 mL
of D5W. Calculate the milligrams per minute the patient is receiving - Answer - ✔ 1
The physician orders nitroprusside IV drip at 3 mcg/kg/min for elevated blood pressure.
The patient weighs 165 lb. The medication is supplied in 50 mg/250 mL of D5W.
Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour. - Answer - ✔ 68
