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The document provides examples of dosage calculations for various medications. It includes calculations to determine the amount in milliliters, tablespoons, or tablets to administer based on the dosage ordered and the concentration available from the pharmacy. The calculations cover intravenous, intramuscular, and oral medications in both liquid and tablet form.

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Maths Numerical Assignment With Answers

The document provides examples of dosage calculations for various medications. It includes calculations to determine the amount in milliliters, tablespoons, or tablets to administer based on the dosage ordered and the concentration available from the pharmacy. The calculations cover intravenous, intramuscular, and oral medications in both liquid and tablet form.

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1. MD writes an order for Mucomyst 300 mg by mouth one dose before heart cath.

Pharmacy
dispenses you with 600 mg/2 ml. How many ml will you administer per dose?

1ml

2. MD writes an order for Lortab Elixir 5mg by mouth as needed for pain every 4 hours. Pharmacy
dispenses you with 7.5mg/15ml. How many tablespoons will you administer per dose?

0.6 tbsp/dose

3. MD writes an order for GI cocktail 150 mg by mouth every 6 hours for 24 hours. Pharmacy
dispenses you with 75mg/3ml. How many ml will you administer daily?*

24 ml/ day

4. MD writes an order for Carafate 2 gram by mouth tid. Pharmacy dispenses you with 500 mg/ 2.5
ml. How many ml will you administer daily?*

30ml/day
5. Fill these
a. 1.5 g = 1500 mg
b. 200 lb = 90.9 kg
c. 0.1 mg = 100mcg
d. 2 cups = 480 mL

6. Lidocaine 100 mg IV bolus is ordered for cardiac dysrhythmia. The drug is available 20 mg/mL.
The drug reference says to administer the medication at 50 mg/min. To administer this
medication, the nurse will go to the room with a syringe containing ______ mL and give the med
over ______ minutes at a rate of _____ mL/min.

Ans. 5 mL over 2 minutes = 2.5 mL/min

7. 100 mL is to infuse over 45 min. via IV pump. What will you set on the pump in mL/hr?

133ml/hr

8. The doctor ordered Magnesium Sulfate 4gm IV to be given over 20 minutes. Magnesium Sulfate
come in 40gm/1000mL IV bottle. You would set your pump at _____mL/hour.

300ml/hr

9. The physician ordered Ritodrine IV 50 mcg/min. The pharmacy sent up Ritodrine 150 mg
premixed in 500mL D5W. You would set your IV pump at ________mL/hour.

10ml/hr
10. The doctor ordered Labetalol Hydrochloride (Normodyne) 300 mg PO bid. The available dose is
200 mg tablets. The nurse will give how many tablets?

1.5
11. A patient weighing 88 lbs must be given Cefotaxime Sodium (Claforan) 180 mg/ kg IM. The
drug stock is 500 mg/ ml vial. The nurse will give:

14.4 ml

12. Order: 0.6 mg Available: 50 mcg/ ml How many ml will the nurse administer?

12ml

13. Ordered: Meperidine 10 mg IM Available: 50 mg/ ml How many ml will the nurse give?

0.2ml

14. A patient is prescribed Tramadol 100 mg 3 times daily. Available is 50mg tablet. How many tablets
are required per dose and per 24 hours?

15. 375 mg of the drug Augmentin is prescribed t.d.s. What is the total amount of Augmentin in
grams to be given in a day?
1.125
16. A person is prescribed Ropinirole 1.5 mg divided into three doses. How many micrograms is each
dose?

500mcg

17. The doctor ordered propranolol 60 mg PO tid. Propranolol 40 mg tablets are available. How
much will the nurse give?

1.5

18. The physician orders 0.75 g PO of a drug. The available dose s 250 mg/ 5ml syrup. How many ml
will the nurse administer?

15ml

19. A client is ordered 80mcg of Fenatyl citrate intravenously. 0.2 mg in 2 mls of liquid for IV
Injection is available. How many mls will you administer?

0.8ml

20. A child weighs 12kg and is ordered 20mg/kg/dose. Stock contains 6mg/ml. Find how many mls
you would administer.

40ml
21. A child weighs 25kg and is ordered 12mg/kg/day to be given TDS. Stock contains 10mg/2ml.
Find how many mls are to be given in each dose.

20ml

22. A client is ordered 8 mg of Trifluoperazine orally. 0.04g in 6 ml of liquid forte is available. How
many millilitres will you administer?

1.2ml

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