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The physician has written an order for a medication, 3,000 units to be given SQ. You have on hand 5,000 units/mL. You will administer _______mL.
3000/5000 *1
= 0.6mL
Your patient's blood glucose is 302 mg/dL. The sliding scale order is to administer insulin using this formula: [FORMULA: (BG-100)÷40]= number of units to administer. Based upon your patient's glucose, you should administer ____ units of insulin. (round to the nearest whole number)
302-100/40
=5.05
rounded = 5
The physician orders for 1 liter of IV fluid to be given over 6 hours. The available tubing set delivers 15 gtts/mL. After your calculation, the set should be calibrated to deliver _______ gtts/min. (round to the nearest whole number)
https://www.mdcalc.com/iv-drip-rate-calculator
=42
An IV piggyback (IVPB) of 10,000 units/100 mL is to be given over 45 minutes. The pump should programmed to deliver _____mL/hr.(round to the nearest whole number)
133
https://www.manuelsweb.com/IVrate.htm
The physician has ordered 60 grams of a medication. On hand, you have medication available at 15 grams/30 mL. You will administer _____mL.
120
The physician has ordered a medication 5 mg/kg IV. The patient weighs 865 grams. The medication vial contains 10 mg/mL. The dose to be given would be _______mL. (record your answer using two decimal places)
.43
this weight is nuts
A physician orders to give a 80 mg of a medication IV push. The available dose 100 mg/10 mL. The nurse should administer _____ mL's to the patient.
8
A medication is ordered as an IV drip at 3 units/kg/hr for a patient weighting 108 kg. The concentration of the medication is 2 units/mL. The drip should be set at _____ mL/hr.
162
The physician orders 1,500 mg of a medication to be given over 90 minutes. The available medication is 1,500 mg/250 mL. You will set the pump to deliver ______mL/hr.(round to the nearest whole number)
167
The physician orders 10 mg of a drug IV. Available is 16 mg/mL. You should administer ______mL.(record your answer using one decimal place)
0.6
