DOSAGE CALCULATION WORKSHEET
Week 2: Dosage Calculation Worksheet
1. Order penicillin 400,000 units IM. Available: penicillin 100,000 units/ ml. How many mL’s will the
nurse administer?
2.
Morphine sulfate 5 mg IV. Available: Morphine sulfate 10mg/ml. How many mL’s will the nurse
administer?
3. Order: Mirapex 2,000mg tid. Available: Mirapex 0.5g tablets. How many tablets will the nurse
give?
4. Order: Infuse primary IV of 1,000 mL NS q4hr. How many mL will the patient receive per hour?
5. Order: Infuse 1,000 ml of LR over 6 hours. How will the nurse set the pump? ______ ml/hr
(round to the nearest tenth)
6. Order: 1000 mL D5LR to infuse in 4 hr. Drip factor 10 gtt/mL. How many gtt/ml will the nurse
infuse? ____ gtt/min (round to the nearest whole number).
DOSAGE CALCULATION WORKSHEET
7. Order: administer potassium chloride 30 mEq PO daily. Available is potassium chloride 20
mEq/15 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer?
8. Order: Normal saline 500 mL is to infuse over 6 hours. What is the pump rate? (Round to the
nearest tenth).
9. Order: Ampicillin 1,000 mg/tabs. Available 250mg / tabs. How many tablets will the nurse
administer?
10. A nurse is preparing to administer fluoxetine 40 mg PO daily. The amount available is fluoxetine
10 mg/tablet. How many tablets should the nurse administer per dose?
11. A patient is receiving Promethazine 12.5mg IV Q6hr PRN for nausea. If the vial contains 50mgs
per ml, how many mls would need to be given?
12. A physician’s order states to give 2mg/kg of weight. If a patient weighs 110lbs. How many mgs
are to be given?