4. A client is to receive 10 mg of a medication. The tablets available are 20 mg.
How many tablets do you need? _________________________
10/20 = 0.5 mg tablet
12. Order: 5,000 units subcut of a medication.
Available: 10,000 units per mL __
5,000/10,0000 = 2units per mL
13. Order: 50 mg IM of a medication.
Available: 80 mg per 2 mL ____
x = 1.25 mL
At what rate in mL/hr, should the infusion pump be set? (Enter numeric value only. If rounding is required, round to the whole number.)
50 mL/30 minutes = X mL/60 minutes. 30X = 50 × 60 = 100 mL/hour.
10. Order: 100 mg p.o. of a liquid medication.
Available: 125 mg per 5 mL ______________
x = 4mL
2. A client is to receive 1.25 mg of a medication. The tablets available are 0.625 mg.
How many tablets do you need? _________________________
1.25/0.625 = 2 or 0.6250 x 2 = 1.25 mg
Client is prescribed enoxaparin while admitted to hospital per protocol. The dose is 1mg/kg subcutaneously every 12 hours and the client weighs 140 lbs. Dose available is 80mg per 0.8 mL. (Enter the numeric value only.
How many milliliters will the nurse administer to the client?
Client weighs 140 lbs
2.2 kg = 1 lbs
140/2.2 = 63 kgs
63 kg x 1mg = 63 mg
63 mg/80 mg x 0.8 mL = 0.63, rounded to nearest tenth = 0.6 mL
45. If 80 mg of medication is in 480 mL of solution, how many milliliters of solution contain 60 milligrams?
360mL
Client was prescribed morphine IV 0.05mg/kg/dose now and every 2 hours as needed for moderate to severe pain. Morphine is available in parenteral dose of 2mg/mL. (Patient weighs 140 lbs on admission).
How much medication should the nurse draw up for administration?
2.2 lbs in a kilogram
140lbs /2.2kg = 63kg
63kg x 0.05 mg = 3.15 mg
3.15mg /2 mL = 1.575 mL rounded to nearest tenth = 1.6mL
1.6
11. Order: 20 mEq IV of a medication.
Available: 40 mEq per 10 mL __