Med Math Practice Problems 11-11-20 PDF

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Dosage Calculation Practice Problems. There are 10 problems....

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Practice Med Math Problems

1.

A provider orders digitalis 10 mcg/kg. The client weighs 104 lbs. How many mcg would you give? The medication comes available as 0.25 mg/mL. How many mLs would you give?

2. A provider orders Lovenox 1 mg/kg sub q 12 hours. For a client that weighs 125 lbs. The medication comes supplied as 80 mg/ 0.8 mL. How many mL of Lovenox should be administered?

3. A healthcare provider orders 3 mg/kg of gentamicin for a client who weighs 180 lbs. How many mg of gentamicin should the nurse administer to the client?

4. An order is written for 200 mg of an antibiotic every 8 hours. The maximum daily dose is 5 mg/kg/day. The client weighs 100 lbs. Does the order exceed the maximum daily dose?

5. A nurse practitioner orders 12 mg/kg of acyclovir. The client weighs 115 lbs. Acyclovir comes supplied as 100 mg/2mL. How many mL per dose should be administered?

6. The provider orders 12 units/kg/hr of Heparin infusion. The patient weighs 200 lbs. Your supply consists of a 25,000 units/500 ml. How many mL/hr should the heparin infuse at?

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A provider orders 1 tbsp of Kayexalate qid. How many ounces would the client receive in one dose? How many ounces should the students receive in one day?

8. You have been asked to administer 50 mg of an antibiotic in 100 mL of D5W over 30 minutes. The drop factor is 15 drops per mL. How many drops per minute should be given?

9. A provider orders an IV of 500 mL of D5W to run over 8 hours. The drop factor is 20 gtt/mL. How many drops per mL should be give minute? Round to the closes whole number.

10. A provider orders 100 mg of a drug that was available in 40 mg tablets. How many tablets will need to be given?...