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    This document contains a series of medication orders and dosage calculation problems. It provides medication names, dosages, routes of administration, frequencies, and available formulations. The student is asked to calculate the number of tablets, milliliters, or other units to administer based on the given orders and available medications. It also includes questions about intravenous fluid orders and drip rates.

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    NAME: ________________________________ Score: ________

    Course, Year & Section: _________________ Date: _________

    I. Compute for the following. SHOW YOUR SOLUTION

    Order: acarbose (Precose) 50 mg, PO, t.i.d.


    Available

    __________1.How many tablets should be administered?

    Order: losartan potassium (Cozaar) 0.1 g, daily.


    Available:

    __________2. How many tablets should the patient receive per day?

    Order: trazodone (Desyrel) 150 mg, PO, daily.


    Available: Desyrel in 50-mg tablets and 100-mg tablets.

    __________3. How many tablets should be administered if the 50-mg tablet is used?

    __________4. How many tablets should be administered if the 100-mg tablet is used?

    Order: carvedilol (Coreg) 25 mg, PO, b.i.d.


    Available:

    __________5. How many tablets should be administered per dose?

    __________6. How many tablets should the patient receive in 24 hours?


    Order: digoxin 0.25 mg, PO, daily.
    Available: digoxin (Lanoxin) 0.125-mg tablets. The drug comes in 0.25-mg tablets, but that
    strength of tablet is not available.

    __________7. How many tablets should be administered?

    Order: Augmentin, 400 mg, PO, q6h.


    Available:

    __________8. How many mL should be administered?

    Order: cefadroxil (Duricef) 1 g, PO, daily.


    Available:

    __________9. How many mL should be administered?

    Order: naloxone (Narcan) 0.8 mg, IM, for narcotic-induced respiratory depression. Repeat in 3
    minutes if needed.
    Available:

    __________10. How many mL should be administered?

    Order: trimethobenzamide (Tigan) 100 mg, IM, STAT.


    Available: trimethobenzamide (Tigan) ampule, 200 mg/2 mL.

    __________11. How many mL should be administered?


    Order: 1 liter or 1000 mL of D5 W to infuse over 6 hours.
    Available: Macrodrip set: 10 gtts/mL.

    __________12. The IV flow rate should be regulated as ______ gtts/min.

    Order: 1000 mL of D5 ½ NS with multiple vitamins and KCl 10 mEq to infuse over 8 hours.
    Available: Macrodrip set: 15 gtts/mL

    KCl (potassium chloride) 20 mEq/10 mL ampule


    Multiple vitamin (MVI) vial

    __________13. Calculate the IV flow rate in gtts/min.

    A liter of IV fluid was started at 7:00 AM and was to run for 8 hours. The IV set delivers 10
    gtts/mL. At 12:00 PM, only 450 mL were infused.

    __________14. How much IV fluid is left?

    __________15. Recalculate the flow rate for the remaining IV fluids. Keep in mind that if
    the patient has a cardiovascular problem, rapid IV flow rate may not be desired.

    Order: acetaminophen 250 mg, PO, PRN.


    Available: 160 mg/5 mL.

    __________16. How many mL should be administered? (Round off numbers when


    necessary.)

    Order: penicillin V potassium (V-Cillin K) 200,000 units, PO, q6h.


    Child weighs 46 pounds
    Child’s drug dosage: 25,000-90,000 units/kg/day in 3-6 divided doses.
    Available: (NOTE: The dosage per 5 mL is in mg and units.)

    __________17. Is the prescribed dose in a safe range? (Yes/No)

    __________18. How many mL should the child receive for each dose?

    Order: ritonavir (Norvir) 0.2 g, PO, b.i.d.


    Available:
    __________19. Is conversion needed to give this medication? (Yes/No)

    __________20. How much of this medication should the nurse administer?

    Order: clarithromycin (Biaxin) 0.25 g, PO, b.i.d.


    Available:

    __________21. Is conversion needed to give this medication? (Yes/No)

    __________22. How many mL should be administered?

    Order: amoxicillin 75 mg, PO, q6h.


    Child weighs 5 kg.
    Child’s drug dosage: 50 mg/kg/day in divided doses.
    Available:

    __________23. Is the prescribed dose safe? (Yes/No)

    __________24. According to the drug order, how many mg should the child receive per
    day?

    26. Mrs. Melby, 50 y/o, came into the ER, confused, and dehydrated. The doctor ordered 1L of
    Plain Lactated Ringer’s over 4 hours. Compute for:
    a) milliliters per hour (mL/hr) to be infused?

    b) the flow rate if the drop factor = 15 gtts /ml.

    c) the flow rate if the drop factor = 20 gtts /ml.

    27. Mr. Almoite, 64 y/o, was admitted with IVF of PNSS 1L X 40 Ml/h.

    a) the flow rate if the drop factor = 15 gtts /ml.

    b) at the end of 8hour shift how much IVF has been infused?

    c) the flow rate if the drop factor = 20 gtts /ml.

    28. Baby Jambe, 3 y/o was admitted at the ER due to acute gastroenteritis. His attending
    pediatrician ordered to start IV infusion: D5IMB ½ Liter x 60 ugtts/min.
    a) How many milliliters should be infused per hour?

    b) After 8 hours of shift how much volume of IV solution is already infused?

    c) after 24 hours the total IV volume infused is?

    29. Patient Ambrose is started for IV Dopamine drip at 15 mcg/kg/min. She weighed 125.663 lbs.
    The available bag of Dopamine is 800 mg/500 mL.

    a) compute for the flow rate in uggts/min

    b) Compute for the mL/hr set at the infusion pump.

    c) After 1 hour the doctor ordered to titrate the Dopamine Drip at 25 mcg/kg/min,
    recompute the ml/hr.

    30. Patient Marites is ordered IV Dopamine drip at 10 mcg/kg/min. You have a Dopamine bag
    that reads 400 mg/250 mL. Weight= 60 kgs.

    a) compute for the flow rate in uggts/min

    b) Compute for the mL/hr set at the infusion pump.

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