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Med Math Practice Quiz pdf

The document contains a series of dosage calculation exercises for various medications, including IV, PO, and IM orders. Each exercise requires the reader to calculate the appropriate dosage based on the provided order and available information. The exercises cover a range of medications and scenarios, including weight-based dosing and infusion rates.

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Med Math Practice Quiz pdf

The document contains a series of dosage calculation exercises for various medications, including IV, PO, and IM orders. Each exercise requires the reader to calculate the appropriate dosage based on the provided order and available information. The exercises cover a range of medications and scenarios, including weight-based dosing and infusion rates.

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Practice Dosage Calculations

1. Read the drug label and calculate one dose of the medication below.
Order: Nitroglycerin 20mg IV stat. ______________

2. Read the drug label and calculate one dose of the medication below.
Order: Digoxin 250mcg PO every day. ______________
3. Read the drug label and calculate one dose of the medication below.
Order: Docusate Sodium 250mg PO twice a day. _____________

4. Read the drug label and calculate one dose of the medication below.
Order: Ketorolac 25mg IM every 6 hours PRN pain. _______________
5. Read the drug label and calculate one dose of the medication below. Patient
weight is 225 pounds.
Order: Gentamycin 3mg/kg IVPB every 8 hours. __________________

6. Read the drug label and calculate one dose of the medication below.
Order: Amoxicillin 0.5 grams PO twice a day. ____________

7. Read the drug label and calculate one dose of the medication below.
Order: Ampicillin 375mg IM every 8 hours. _________
8. Read the drug label and calculate one dose of the medication below.
Order: Heparin 25,000 units subcutaneously every morning. _________

9. A nurse is preparing an IV infusion of heparin for a patient.


Order: Heparin 700units/hr.
Available: Heparin 25,000 units in 250mL of ½ Normal Saline.
How will you set the IV pump? __________
10. A nurse has performed a blood glucose check before breakfast with the result
of 224. How much insulin needs to be administered based on the sliding scale
below? _________

INSULIN SLIDING SCALE DOSE


60 – 110 No insulin
111 – 150 2 units of Regular insulin
151 – 200 4 units of Regular insulin
201 – 250 6 units of Regular insulin
251 – 300 8 units of Regular insulin
301 – 350 10 units of Regular insulin
>350 12 units of Regular insulin and notify physician

11. Read the drug label and calculate one dose of the medication below.
Order: NPH insulin 60units subcutaneously every am. ____________
12. Read the drug label and calculate one dose of the medication below. The
medication was reconstituted with 4.7mL of sterile water.
Order: Penicillin G potassium 600,000 units IM every 12 hours. _____ ___
13. Read the drug label and calculate one dose of the medication below.
Order: Nitroglycerin 250mcg IV push stat. ________

14. Read the drug label and calculate one dose of the medication below.
Order: Nitroglycerin 600mcg orally every 12 hours. _______________
15. A patient is ordered 1000mL LR: infuse at 100mL/hour.
Supply: 1000mL LR Calculate how many hours the IV will run. _______hours

16. A nurse needs to calculate the drip rate for the following infusion. The tubing
is 15 gtt/mL.
Order: NS 150mL/hr
Calculate the drops per min. ________________

17.The nurse is preparing an IV infusion for an adult weighing 165lbs.


Order: Drug X 3 mcg/kg/minute.
Supply: Drug X 1800mcg/mL
How much of drug x will be delivered per minute? _____________

18.The nurse needs to run an antibiotic on an IV pump over 30 minutes.


Supply: 150mL D5W
How would the set the pump? _________mL/hr

19.The physician has ordered Dobutamine 250mg in 20mL D5W to infuse at


15mg/kg/hr. The patient weighs 40kg. At what rate do you set the pump?
________________
20.The patient has a Heparin drip which must be started on an IV pump. The
500mL bag of D5W has 25,000 units of Heparin added to it. The physician has
ordered 300 units/hour. At what rate do you set the pump? _____mL/hr

21.The MD has ordered Aminophylline at 20mg/hour. The solution is prepared in a


500mL bag of D5W with 250mg of Aminophylline added. What do you set the
pump at to deliver the prescribed dose? _______mL/hr

22. The IV orders are as follows: Give 1000 mL of NS @ 100 ml/hour. Using tubing
with a drop factor of 10 drops/mL at how many drops /minute should you run
the IV? _____________drops/min
23.The patient is to receive 200 mg of a medication IM. It must be reconstituted to
100 mg/mL with the following directions: add 4.7 mL of sterile water to the
0.5gram vial to give 5mL of final volume. What volume do you administer?
___________mL

24.The IV orders are as follows: Administer 1000 mL of LR over 12 hours. The drop
factor on the tubing is 15 drops per mL. How many drops per minute?
_________ drops/min

25. The nurse is preparing an IV infusion for an adult weighing 180lbs.


Order: Drug X 2mg/kg/hour.
Supply: Drug X 250mg/250mL
How much drug x will be delivered per hour? _______mL/hr

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