Dosage Calculations FINAL Exam Version 2 ANSWER KEY

Dosage Calculations FINAL Exam Version 2 KEY Name: ________________________________________ Date:_____________________ 1. Order: Compazine 10 mg, PO, qid. Using the following drug label, how many tablet(s) would you give per dose? Answer ________________ 2 2. A patient is to receive lidocaine hydrochloride (Xylocaine) 100 mg as an intravenous bolus. The Xylocaine is labeled 20 mg/mL. How many milliliters should be administered? Answer ________________ 5 3. Medication order: Nafcillin 0.5 G, IM, q6h. Drug available: 2 g Nafcillin Sodium for injection, USP. How many milliliters of Nafcillin would you give per dose? Answer ________________ 2 4. The medication order is to administer Ancef 5 mg/kg. The child weighs 90 pounds. The maximum dosage is 750 mg. How many milligrams are ordered for the child? Answer ________________ 204.55 1 Dosage Calculations FINAL Exam Version 2 KEY 5. Mix 10 units of oxytocin in 1000 mL NS. Start infusion at 25 mL/hr. Do Increase by 5 mL/hr every 10 minutes until uterine contractions are 2 to 3 minutes apart not to exceed 44 miliunits/min. Maintain total IV fluid volume at 100 mL/hr. How many miliunits per hour will be delivered? Answer ________________ 250 6. The medication order is to administer furosemide (Lasix) 2 mg/kg/day. The child weighs 33 pounds. Drug available: 8 mL vial labeled Lasix 10 mg/mL. How many mL will the nurse administer each day? Answer_________________3 7. Order: 20 mg of a medication by mouth tid Patient weight: 132 pounds (60kg) Safe dose range: 1 to 3 mg/kg/day This is a safe medication order. A) True B) False Answer________________ A) True 8. Medication order: Capoten 100 mg Available: Capoten 0.1 g tablets How many tablets will you administer? 2 Dosage Calculations FINAL Exam Version 2 KEY Answer___________________1 9. Prefixes can be added to a basic unit of measurement to indicate a larger or smaller unit of measurement than the basic unit. What does the prefix kilo indicate? A) One hundred B) Ten C) One thousand D) One tenth Answer ________________ C) One thousand 10. 3 cups= ________mL Answer ________________720 11. Convert 7 oz to L. Answer ________________ 0.2 12. Medication on hand: Insulin 50 units in 100mL How many units per ML? Answer ________________ 0.5 13. Convert 36 to a Roman numeral. Answer ________________ XXXVI 14. Order: Theophylline 120 mg, PO, daily. Drug available: Theophylline elixir 80 mg/15 mL. How many milliliters of theophylline will you give? Answer ________________ 22.5 3 Dosage Calculations FINAL Exam Version 2 KEY 15. You have an IV infusing at 125 mL/hr. How long will it take 1500 mL to infuse? Answer ________________ 12