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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/milk you will administer _______mL. - Correct answer 3000/5000 *

= 0.6mL The surgeon orders for 75 mg of a medication to be given IV push. The medication is available in a concentration of 125 mg/2 milk you will administer ____mL to the patient.

(Record your answer using one decimal place) - Correct answer 1.

The sliding scale order states: [FORMULA: (BG-100) ÷30] = number of units of insulin to be given. At 1600 the patient's blood glucose is 150. You will administer _____ units of insulin

(round to the nearest whole number). - Correct answer 150-100/

=1.

rounded to nearest whole number = 2 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) - Correct answer 302-100/

=5.

rounded = 5

The physician has ordered a medication to be given 0.05 mg/kg/day in 1,000 mL of fluid. The patient weighs 246 lbs. The dose added to the 1,000 mL bag of fluid should be _____

mg. (round your answer to one decimal place) - Correct answer 0.05*111.5 (the weight in

kg) = 5.575mg a day =5. The surgeon orders a medication 1.5 gems IV. The pharmacy delivers the medication as 1. grams in 150 mL IV solution to be infused over 90 minutes. The rate of the infusion

is____mL/hr. - Correct answer 100

The physician orders for 1 liter of IV fluid to be given over 6 hours. The available tubing set delivers 15 gets/milk after your calculation, the set should be calibrated to deliver _______

gtts/min. (round to the nearest whole number) - Correct answer

https://www.mdcalc.com/iv-drip-rate-calculator

Your patient's blood sugar is 201 mg/dL. The sliding scale insulin order says to use the following formula to calculate the number of units to administer: [FORMULA: (BG-100) ÷30+10] = number of units to administer. Based upon your patient's blood sugar, the nurse

should administer ____units of insulin. (Round to the nearest whole number) - Correct

answer 13

The patient is to receive 1,000 mL of IVF over 8 hours. The IV set delivers 15 gets/milk the

drip rate will be ______gtts/min. (round to the nearest whole number) - Correct answer 31

https://www.mdcalc.com/iv-drip-rate-calculator 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) - Correct

answer 133

https://www.manuelsweb.com/IVrate.htm A patient weighs 630 grams and has a glucose level of 208 mg/dL. The Physician has ordered Insulin 0.2 units/kg for glucose level > 200. Insulin is available in the following concentration: 0.5 units/milk the dose to be given would be _____mL. (Record your answer

using two decimal places) - Correct answer NOT 0???

The physician orders 0.3 g of a drug q12 hours PO. The drug is available in 150 mg caplets.

The nurse will administer ______ caplets to the patient. - Correct answer 2

The physician has ordered 60 grams of a medication. On hand, you have medication

available at 15 grams/30 milk you will administer _____mL. - Correct answer 120

The physician has ordered 85 mg IV push. The pharmacy has dispensed 125 mg/2 milk the

nurse should deliver ____mL to the patient. (Record your answer using one decimal place) -

Correct answer 1.

The physician orders a medication infusion of 900 units/hr. Your IV has 12,500 units of

medication in 250 mills. You would deliver ____________ mL's/hr. - Correct answer 18

The physician has ordered a medication 5 mg/kg IV. The patient weighs 865 grams. The medication vial contains 10 mg/milk the dose to be given would be _______mL. (Record

your answer using two decimal places) - Correct answer.

this weight is nuts The physician orders 20 mg of a drug by IM injection. The medication is available in a 50 mg/mL vial. You should administer _____ mL of the medication. (Record your answer using

one decimal place) - Correct answer.

The physician orders a medication to be administered at 0.9 mg/kg IV. The patient weighs 130 lbs. You are administering ____mg of the medication. (Record your answer using one

decimal place) - Correct answer 53.

A physician orders to give an 80 mg of a medication IV push. The available dose 100 mg/

milk the nurse should administer _____ mL to the patient. - Correct answer 8

The physician has ordered 100 mcg of medication IV Push. It is available in a pre-mixed

syringe with a concentration of 1 mg/milk you will give ___mL. - Correct answer.

The physician orders a medication to be given at 1 mg/kg/day. The patient weighs 265 lbs. The medication is available as 100 mg/milk you should administer _____ mL of the

medication. (Record your answer using one decimal place) - Correct answer 1.

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/milk the drip should be set at _____ mL/hr. -

Correct answer 162

A medication drip is ordered at 13 units/kg/hr. The patient weighs 50 kg. The medication is available in a concentration of 25,000 units/500 milk the medication should be infused at

_____mL per hour. - Correct answer 13

The physician orders a bolus of a medication, using the protocol of 35 units/kg. The patient

weighs 220 lbs. This patient should receive _______units as a bolus. - Correct answer

The physician orders 1,500 mg of a medication to be given over 90 minutes. The available medication is 1,500 mg/250 milk you will set the pump to deliver ______mL/hr. (round to the

nearest whole number) - Correct answer 167

Your patient is receiving 37.5 mcg of a medication. This is equivalent to ________ mg of

medication. (Record your answer using two decimal places) - Correct answer 0.

=0.

The order is for 0.375 mg of a medication to be given IV. The medication is supplied 500

mcg/2 milk the patient will receive____mL. (Record your answer using one decimal place) -

Correct answer 1.

The physician orders 10 mg of a drug IV. Available is 16 mg/milk you should administer

______mL. (Record your answer using one decimal place) - Correct answer 0.

The patient weighs 700 grams. You are given orders to administer a medication 1 me/kg IV. The medication is available in 0.5 me/milk the dose to be given would be _______mL.

(Record your answer using one decimal place) - Correct answer NOT 140

The physician orders 300 mg oral suspension PO q8 hours. Available is 375 mg/5 milk you

should administer _____ mL. - Correct answer 4