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Numericals Assignment

This document contains 22 medical scenarios providing information about medications ordered and available stock. It asks the reader to calculate dosages, amounts, volumes, and rates based on the given information. The questions cover a range of medication types, routes of administration, units of measurement, and timeframes for administration. The goal is to apply pharmaceutical calculations to determine correct dosing from the available supply for each scenario.

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Numericals Assignment

This document contains 22 medical scenarios providing information about medications ordered and available stock. It asks the reader to calculate dosages, amounts, volumes, and rates based on the given information. The questions cover a range of medication types, routes of administration, units of measurement, and timeframes for administration. The goal is to apply pharmaceutical calculations to determine correct dosing from the available supply for each scenario.

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1. Doctor 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?

2. Doctor 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?

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?

4. Doctor 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?

5. 1.5 g = ____ mg
200 lb = ____ kg
0.1 mg = ____mcg
2 cups = ____ 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.

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

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.

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?

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 how many ml ?

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

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

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?

16. A person is prescribed Ropinirole 1.5 mg divided into three doses. How many
micrograms is each dose?

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

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?

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?

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

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.

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?

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