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Pediatric Medication Math Practice Worksheet Please complete the problems. Please show all work and remember to label the answer. You may round gtts to the nearest mL. Please round kg and medications to the nearest tenth (one decimal point). 1. a. Calculate the maintenance fluid requirements per day for Laura whose weight is 21.78 lbs.

b. If Laura was NPO and needed to receive all these maintenance fluids IV, what would you expect the order to read for his IV rate?

2. Calculate the maintenance fluid requirements per hour for Monica whose weight is 6.6 kg.

3. a. Xavier is 32 kg. Calculate his daily fluid requirement.

b. What would Xavier’s IV rate be ordered at if he were NPO?

4. a. Calculate the maintenance fluid requirements per day for Travis whose weight is 39.6 lbs.

b. If Travis was NPO and needed to receive all these maintenance fluids IV, what would you expect the order to read for his IV rate?

c. IV set delivers 10 gtts/mL. How many drops/min should be administered?

5. a. Calculate the maintenance fluid requirements per hour for Gina whose weight is 55 kg.

b. The power goes out and your IV set delivers 60 gtts/mL. How many drops/min should be administered?

6. The doctor orders a normal saline bolus STAT at 150 mL over 30 minutes. Your IV pump is on order but has not yet arrived. You have a 60 gtts/mL IV infusion set to begin the IV fluid administration now. a. How many gtts/min will you set the IV rate?

b. The IV pump arrives. How many mL/hr will you now set the IV pump for in order to administer the correct amount of fluid over the correct amount of time?

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600 mg of Cefapime is in 150 mL of solution and ordered to be infused over 15 minutes. a. At what rate in mL/hr will you set your IV pump?

b. The pump breaks down and you have an IV set that delivers 10 gtts/mL. How many drops/min should be administered? 8. Jacob is to receive Ampicillin 200 mg IV q6h. He weighs 35.2 lbs. The safe dose for Ampicillin is 25-100 mg/kg/day. a. How much Ampicillin is Jacob receiving per day?

b. Is this a safe dose for Jacob? Why or why not?

c. The medication is provided in a concentration of 500 mg/5 mL. How many mL would you draw up in order to administer the dose of 200 mg?

d. The final concentration for administration of Ampicillin is 30 mg/mL. What would your final amount of fluid be when administering Jacob’s dose of Ampicillin? How much of this would be medication? How much would be diluent?

9. Maggie has Rocephin 750 mg IV q12h ordered. The instructions state to mix 1 gm powder to 9.6 ml NS for a concentration of 100 mg/mL. a. How much Rocephin would you draw up for Maggie? b. The medication should be further diluted to a concentration of 40 mg/mL. What would be your final amount of fluid for Maggie’s Rocephine? How much of this would be medication? How much would be diluent?

10. Javier has meningitis and is getting Ampicillin 820 mg IV q8h. He weighs 25 kg. The safe dose for Ampicillin is 100-200 mg/kg/day (meningitis dose). a. How much Ampicillin is Javier receiving per day?

b. Is this a safe dose for Javier? Why or why not?

c. The medication is provided in a concentration of 1 gm powder to be mixed with 10 mL NS. How many mL would you draw up in order to administer the ordered dose?

d. The final concentration for administration of Ampicillin is 30 mg/mL. What would your final amount of fluid be when administering Javier’s dose of Ampicillin? How much of this would be medication? How much would be diluent?

11. Mariano is receiving Cefazolin 60 mg/kg/day and is ordered to be given BID. He weighs 5 kg. a. How much Cefazolin is Mariano receiving per dose?

b. The reference states to dilute 1 g Cefazolin vial with 10 mL NS. How much medication would you draw up for Mariano’s 0600 dose?

c. The medication should be further diluted to a concentration of 50 mg/mL. What would be your final amount of fluid for Mariano’s Cefazolin? How much of this would be medication? How much would be diluent?

12. Phillip is 40 lbs. He is to receive 10 mg/kg/dose Tylenol q4h prn for pain/fever. Available concentration is 80 mg/0.8 mL. a. How many mg of Tylenol will Phillip receive per dose?

b. How many mL will you draw up to give Phillip? Round to the tenths.

13. The safe dose of Morphine Sulfate is 0.05-0.1 mg/kg/dose. Francine weighs 3.6 kg. What is the safe range of Morphine for Francine? Round to the hundredths.

14. Paul is getting Ativan 1 mg q 4h for anxiety. Paul is 10 kg. Safe dose for Ativan is 0.05 mg/kg/dose. a. Is Paul receiving a safe dose? Why or why not? What should you do next?

15. Tanya is on a Morphine PCA for acute Sickle Cell Crisis. Tanya gets itchy so you have an order for Naloxone (Narcan) at 1-3 mL/hr IV continuous. The available concentration for Narcan is 0.4 mcg/mL. a. How much Narcan will Tanya receive if you set the pump at 2 mL/hr?

b. The power goes out and you have 60 gtts/mL IV tubing set. How many gtts/min will your Narcan be set at?

16. Jude has cellulitis and is getting Gentamicin 31.5 mg IV q6hr. He weighs 46 lbs. The safe dose of Gentamicin is 6-7.5 mg/kg/day in 3-4 divided doses. a. How much Gentamicin is Jude receiving per day?

b. What is the safe range for Jude? Is this a safe dose for Jude? Why or why not?

c. The medication is provided in a concentration of 10 mg/mL. How many mL would you draw up in order to administer the ordered amount?...