543-107 Nursing: Clinical Care Across the Lifespan
ASC Math Practice Test
Version 1
1.
A child’s weight is 50 pounds.
What is the child’s weight in kilograms?
2.
A patient’s weight is 50 kg on admission.
Their weight one month ago was 130 pounds.
Has the patient lost or gained weight?
How many pounds?
3.
Baby weight at birth was 8. 3 lbs.
What is the baby’s weight in pounds and ounces?
4.
MD order: Methionine 6g daily in four divided doses.
Available: Methionine 500 mg tablets.
How many tablets will you give per dose?
5.
MD order: Synthroid 0.2mg per day.
Available: Synthroid 100 mcg tablets.
How many tablets will you give?
6.
MD order: Vistaril 15mg IM stat.
Available: Vistaril 25mg/mL.
How many ml will you give?
7.
Order: Demerol 20 mg IM, q3-4h, prn.
Supply: Demerol 100 mg/2ml.
How many ml will you give?
8.
MD Order: Penicillin G 500,000 U.
Available: Penicillin G 1,000,000 U (in powdered form)
Label reads: Add 3.6 ml sterile water to yield 250,000 U per ml.
How many ml will you give?
9.
Order: Phenobarbital 30 mg po, q12h.
Supply: Phenobarbital Elixir 20mg / 5 ml.
How many ml will you give?
10.
MD order: Ampicillin 50 mg/kg/day.
Child’s weight: 44 lbs.
Supply: Ampicillin 125 mg/ml.
How many mg will you need for the daily dose?
How many ml will you need for the daily dose?
11.
MD order: Demerol (meperidine HCL) 25 mg IM
Robinul (glycophrrolate) 0.1 mg IM
Vistaril (hydroxyzine HCL) 25 mg IM
Available: meperidine HCL 50 mg per ml
glycopyrrolate 0.2 mg per ml
hydroxyzine HCL 100 mg per 2ml
What is the total ml you will give for this order?
12.
MD order: Diazepam 20 mg po
Zantac (ranitidine) 150 mg po
Metoclopramide 20 mg po
Available: Diazepam 10 mg tablet
Ranitidine HCL tablet 150 mg
Metoclopramide 10 mg tablet
How many tablets will you give?
13.
During the 7 am report, the night nurse states she hung a 1000ml IV bag of
NaCl for Mr. Jones at 6 am.
The IV solution is running at100 ml/h.
When will a new bag need to be hung (in military time)?
14.
MD order: 7 units Regular Insulin (U 100)
24 unis of NPH Insulin (U 100).
How many total units will you give?
15.
You hang a secondary IV bag of antibiotic in 50 ml of NaCl.
You set the IV pump to run it in at 100 mL/h.
How long will it take for the secondary to infuse?
16.
You need to prepare the next IV bag with Potassium Chloride 30 mEq.
Available is a vial of Potassium Chloride 20 mEq/ml.
How many ml of Potassium Chloride will you put in the liter of IV solution?
17.
Order: LR @ 150cc/hr
Tubing Drip factor: 10gtt/ml
How many drips per minute?
18.
Order: D5LR @ 125cc/hr
Tubing Drip factor: 15gtt/ml
How many drips per minute?
19.
Maintenance IV Order: 0.9 NS @ 100cc/hr
Tubing Drip factor: 10gtt/ml
How many drips per minute?
20.
Secondary IV Order: Diflucan 200mg diluted in 50cc; Run over 30 minutes
Tubing Drip factor: 15gtt/m/
How many drips per minute?