Doctors Order: Potassium chloride 40 mEq per
NGT once a day
Stock: Potassium chloride 20 mEq/15 mL. How
many mL will you administer at one dose?
Order:60 mg Lasix twice a day for congestive
heart failure. The label reads 80 mg/ 2mL. How
many mL would you give in one dose?
Order: Heparin sodium 500 units
Stock 10,000 units/mL. How many mL would you
administer?
Order: Coumadin 7.5 mg orally once a day
Stock: Coumadin 2.5 mg tablets. How many
tablets will you administer in one dose?
Order: Tagamet for gastrointestinal ulcers 30
mg/kg/day to be divided by four doses for a child
weight 22 kg. The dose on hand is Tagamet
300mg/ 5mL.
How many mL per day will you give?
How many mL per dose will you give?
Give paracetamol syrup 175 mg orally every 6
hours for body temperature of 38°c. Stock dose is
250 mg/ 5mL?
Administer 20 mg of Furosemide IV every 12
hours. Stock dose is 20 mg per mL. How many
mL should you administer in 24 hours?
Give Prednisone 20 mg Tablets. The stock dose
is 5mg/ tablet. How many should you give?
Administer Vancomycin 800 mg IV once a day,
incorporate to 250 mL D5W to run for 2 hours.
Stock dose is 500 mg/ vial to be diluted in 5mL of
PNSS. How many mL will you incorporate?
Order: levophed 4:1 (16mg) in 250 mL D5W to
tirate to start at 0.5mcg/kg/min to maintain systolic
BP greater or equal to 110 mmhg. Weight of the
Patient 55kg. How many levophed will you give?
Digoxin is avialable for parenteral use in
concentration of 0.25mg/mL. How many mL is
required to deliver a 125 mcg dose?
Magnesium sulfate 2.5g/ 10ml ampule, order was
500mg magnesium sulfate. How many mL will you
give?
Order: Potassium chloride drip: 40 mEqs in 250
mL PNSS to run at 5 mEq/hr × 2 cycles. How
many will you administer?
Start 25,000 units Heparin in 250 mL D5W to run
for 1,000 units/hr. What is the flowrate of the
medication?
Propofol 1% ( 10mg/ml) solution. Order:
3mg/kg/hr ( weight: 75kg.). What is the rate in
mL/hr?
Order: Herparin 4000 units subcutaneous twice a
day. Stock dose is 5000unit/mL. How many mL
will you administer ?
Start Nicardipine drip 20 mg in 80 mL PNSS to
make 100 mL, to run at 1mg/hr and titrate
accordingly.
Start Dexmedetomidine drip 200 mcg in 50 mL
PNSS, to start at 0.2 mcg/kg/hr. Patient weight: 60
kg. How many will you administer?