Pediatric Dosage Calculation Practice Questions Answer Key PDF

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These are practice dosage calc questions. Not the exact ones you would see on ATI. But they are very similar. The answers are also attached as well....

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Pediatric Dosage Calculation Practice 1. The doctor has ordered maintenance fluids under the 100-50-20 protocol for a child weighing 6 kg. How much fluid will the child receive over the next 24 hours? What is the hourly fluid rate for this child? 600 ml/24 hours 25 ml/hr

2. The doctor has ordered maintenance fluids under the 100-50-20 protocol for a child weighing 14 kg. How much fluid will the child receive over the next 24 hours? What is the hourly fluid rate for this child? 1,200 ml/24 hours 50 ml/hr

3. The doctor has ordered maintenance fluids under the 100-50-20 protocol for a child weighing 16 kg. How much fluid will the child receive over the next 24 hours? What is the hourly fluid rate for this child? 1,300 ml/24 hours 54 ml/hr

4. The doctor has ordered maintenance fluids under the 100-50-20 protocol for a child weighing 32 kg. How much fluid will the child receive over the next 24 hours? What is the hourly fluid rate for this child? 1,740 ml/24 hours 73 ml/hr

5. The doctor has ordered maintenance fluids under the 100-50-20 protocol for a child weighing 44 lb. How much fluid will the child receive over the next 24 hours? What is the hourly fluid rate for this child? 1,500 ml/24 hours 63 ml/hr

6. The dehydrated teenage is to receive a one-liter fluid bolus of D5NS over 6 hours, and then to continue D5NS at 125 ml/hr. How much IV fluid will he receive in the next 24 hours? 3,250 ml

7. The order is for 300 mg every 6 hours. The patient weighs 43.7 kg. The safe range in the literature is 20-50 mg/kg/day. Is the order safe? It is safe (safe range is 874-2,185 mg/day-in this case it is being given every 6 hours, so the patient will be receiving 900 mg/day, which is in the safe range)

8. The doctor has ordered 50 mg of a medication for the child. Your patient weighs 12.3 kg. The literature states the mediation is safe at 6 mg/kg. a. What is the safe dose for this child? 73.8 mg

b. Is the doctor’s order safe? No, it is below the safe range 9. The order is for 5.8 mg/kg/day in three divided doses. Your patient weighs 18.2 kg, and the medication comes 150 mg/50 ml. How many ml will the child receive per dose? 105.56 mg/day & 35.19 mg/dose 11.73 ml/dose

10. The doctor has ordered twice maintenance fluids for your 27 kg patient. After calculating, he orders them to run at 68.3 ml/hr for the next 24 hours. Are his calculations correct? He is incorrect (this patient should be getting 1,640 ml/day and since the order is for twice the maintenance fluids, this patient should be receiving 3,280 ml/day-3,280/24=137 ml/hr)

11. Your 27.3 kg patient is put on half maintenance fluids. At what rate will you set the IV pump to deliver the fluids? 1,646 ml/day/2=823 ml/day (since the order is for ½ maintenance fluids, you would divide your daily total by 2) 823/24=34 ml/hr

12. Calculate the M2 of a child weighing 11 lb 6 oz. and 23 inches long. 0.29 M2

a. The recommended dose is 30 mg/M2 to 50 mg/M2. What is the safe range for your patient? 8.7 mg-14.5 mg

13. Calculate the M2 for a pediatric patient who is 55 cm tall and weighs 13.7 kg. 0.46 M2

a. What is the safe dose for a medication to be given at 20 mg/M2 for this patient?

9.2 mg

14. What is the M2 for a newborn who weighs 8 lb 10 oz and is 22 inches long? 0.25 M2

15. Calculate the M2 for a patient 73 cm tall who weigh 25.4 kg. 0.72 M2

a. For a medication ordered at 500 mg/M2 per day in four divided doses, how much would the child receive per dose? 90 mg/dose...