1.You have an order for diphenhydramine hydrochloride (Benadryl) 40 mg IM ASAP. You have on hand Benadryl 25 mg/mL. How many milliliters do you

Question Answered step-by-step 1. You have an order for diphenhydramine hydrochloride (Benadryl)40 mg IM ASAP. You have on hand Benadryl 25 mg/mL. How many milliliters do you prepare? 2. You have digoxin (Lanoxin) 0.25 mg tablets, and you need to administer 0.375 mg PO. How many tablets should you administer? 3. The order is Levothyroxine 0.1mg every AM daily by mouth. It is supplied as 100mcg per tablet. How many tablets will you administer? 4. The order is Amoxicillin 500mg. The Amoxicillin comes as 250mg per teaspoon. How many milliliters will you give? 5. The patient is prescribed 1.2 grams of a medication. It is supplied as 500mg/5ml. How many milliliters will you give? 6. Calculate the following IV piggyback infusion using a pump (mL/hr). Zofran 20 mg every 6 hours. IV bag contains 20 mg in 50 mL NS infused over 15 minutes. 7. Cephazolin 1 g IV is ordered three times a day for a patient with pneumonia. It is supplied in 100mL dextrose and water, to run over 20 minutes. How many milliliters per hour should you set the controller to deliver? 8. You have enoxaparin (Lovenox) 30 mg/0.3 mL. You need to administer 1 mg/kg SubQ. Your patient weighs 200 pounds. How much will you draw into a syringe? 9. Calculate Helen’s intake and output for the 7am-3pm shift. At breakfast she drank 1/2 cup of tea, 4 oz glass orange juice. At lunch she drank 6 oz chicken broth and 2 oz jello. She also drank 4 oz from her water pitcher. She voided 300 ml at 1000 and 300 ml at 1400. She has an IV of D5 1/2 NS + 40 mEq KCL running at 75 ml/hr. What was her intake for the 8 hour shift? What was her output for the 8 hour shift 10. Amoxil (amoxicillin) suspension 180 mg PO bid is ordered for a patient who cannot swallow pills. It is supplied as 125 mg/5 mL. How many milliliters should you administer? 11. Heparin sodium, 1000 units/hour IV, is ordered for a patient with a blood clot in the leg. It is supplied as 50,000 units in 500 mL of dextrose and water. How many milliliters per hour should be set on the controller? 12. Dopamine IV is ordered at 10mcg/kg/min for a client that weighs 176 pounds. The pharmacy prepares an IV bag with 400 mg dopamine in 500 mL D5W. How many mL/hr will be required to deliver the requested amount? 13. Atropine 0.6 mg IM is ordered preoperatively. It is supplied as 0.4 mg/mL. How many milliliters should you administer? 14. Morphine sulfate 2 mg IV push is ordered to relieve shortness of breath in a patient with chronic lung disease. It is supplied as 4 mg/mL. How many milliliters should you administer? 15. Phenobarbital is supplied as 60 mg/mL. You need to administer 160 mg IV stat. How many milliliters should you administer? 16. A patient is receiving 250 mL normal saline IV over 4 hours, using tubing with a drip factor of 10 drops/mL. How many drops per minute should be delivered? 17. Calculate the following IV infusion using gravity (drops/min). 500 mL MS infuse over 4 hours using 10 drops per mL tubing. 18. You need to infuse 1000 mL of NS IV over 6 hours. How many milliliters per hour do you set on the IV infusion controller? 19. You have 350 mL packed red blood cells that you want to infuse IV over 2 hours. Your blood tubing delivers 10 gtts/mL. How many drops per minute should you set? 20. You need to infuse corticotropin (Acthar) 25 U in 500 mL D5W IV over 8 hours. How many milliliters per hour do you infuse on a controller? 21. A patient is taking acetaminophen (Tylenol) 325 mg, 2 tablets PO every 6 hours. How many grams is the patient receiving in 24 hours? 22. How many hours will it take to infuse 500 mL of D5NS running at 125 mL/hr? 23. A medication order states, administer an initial dose of Synthroid® (levothyroxine) 75 mcg PO. Based on the label below, how many tablet(s) will the nurse administer? ____________________ Health Science Science Nursing PRN 1409 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)