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Week 3 Math questions 11. The physician orders Solu-Cortef 90 mg IM q8 h. How many milliliters will the nurse

administer? __________.72 mL__________

12. Naloxone 0.1 mg IV every 30 minutes is ordered for a respiratory rate below 8 per minute. The

naloxone is available in 0.4 mg per 1 milliliter vials. How many milliliters would the nurse administer with each dose? (round answer to the nearest hundredths) ____.25mL______

13. A patient with renal failure has orders for Epogen 10,000 units subcutaneous every Monday,

Wednesday, and Friday; hold if hemoglobin is greater than 11 g/dL. The Epogen is supplied in 10,000 units per 1 milliliter vials. How many milliliters would the nurse administer with each dose? ___1mL_______

14. According to the heparin protocol, a patient is to receive 80 units per kg IV before the continuous

heparin infusion is started. For a patient weighing 75 kg, how many units of heparin should be administered? ___6000______ Using a concentration of 1000 units/mL, how many milliliters of heparin should be administered? ___6mL____

15. The physician orders heparin 3500 units subcutaneous daily postoperatively. The medication is

supplied in 5000 units/mL. How many milliliters will the nurse administer? ___.7 mL______ Shade the syringe.

16. The physician orders Epogen 4500 units subcutaneous for red blood cell production. The

medication is supplied in 4000 units/mL. How many milliliters will the nurse administer? 1.1 m/l_____ Shade the syringe.

17. The physician orders Humulin R (regular) insulin 14 units subcutaneous every morning. How

many units will the nurse administer? __14 units______ Shade the syringe.

18. The physician orders Humulin NPH insulin 42 units plus Humulin R insulin 20 units

subcutaneous every morning. The medication is supplied in 100 units/mL. How many units will the nurse administer? 62 units_______________ Shade the syringe.

Insert the correct response. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. 19. The physician orders magnesium sulfate 500 mg/h. The medication is supplied in 4 g/250 mL.

Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour. 31mL/h 20. The physician gives orders to infuse 1 L of lactated Ringer’s in 15 hours. Calculate the flow rate

in milliliters per hour. _______67 mL/h 21. The physician orders a continuous IV Dilaudid drip at 0.5 mg/h. The medication is supplied in 10

mg/100 mL. Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour. __5mL/h_________ 22. The physician orders an IV of 40 mEq of potassium chloride in 500 mL 0.9% NS to infuse over 4

hours. Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour. ____125 mL/h___________ 23. The physician orders erythromycin 1 g in 100 mL of D5W to infuse in 30 minutes. Calculate the

flow rate in milliliters per hour. _______200 mL/h_____________ 24. The physician gives orders to infuse 1000 mL 0.9% NS at 200 mL/h for dehydration. Tubing

drop factor is 10 gtt/mL. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute. _____33 gtt/min_______ 25. The physician orders 1000 mL lactated Ringer’s to infuse at 125 mL/h for a postoperative

patient. Tubing drop factor is 20 gtt/mL. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute. 42 gtt/min 26. The physician orders Kefzol 2 g in 50 mL of NS IVPB to infuse over 30 minutes. Tubing drop

factor is 60 gtt/mL. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute. __100 gtt/min_______ 27. The physician orders Doribax 250 mg twice a day. The Doribax is dissolved in 250 mL of NS

and is to be infused over 2 hours. Using tubing with a drop factor of 10 gtt/mL, how many drops per minute should be infused? ____21 gtt/min______ 28. Zyvox 600 mg IV once a day is ordered for a patient. The Zyvox is dissolved in 300 mL of NS

and should infuse over 1 hour. Using tubing with a drop factor of 10 gtt/mL, how many drops per minute should the Zyvox be infused? ______50 gtt/ min_____

29. Albumin 25% is ordered IV now. The albumin is available in 100 mL bottles and is to infuse

over 30 minutes. Using a 20 gtt/mL tubing, how many drops per minutes should the albumin be infused? __67 gtt/ min______...