Reference no: EM133931898
Assignment:
1. You are caring for a patient that has an order for Garamycin 40mg IM every 6 hours for management of an infection. The recommended dose is 6mg/kg/day to 7mg/kg/day in 4 equally divided doses. If your patient weighs 47lbs, is the Garamycin dose ordered within the recommended dose range?
2. Madison is admitted to your unit for hypotension. Her MAR reads: Administer 400ml of NS with 20 mEq potassium over 3 hours. Your unit supplies 10gtt/ml tubing. What is the drip rate in gtt/hr? Round to the nearest whole number. Enter numeric value only.
3. A child weighs 44 lb and has an order for IV methylprednisolone sodium succinate (Solu-Medrol). The order is for 0.03 mg/kg/day. How many milligrams of medication should be administered? Round to the nearest tenth. Enter numeric value only.
4. Following the delivery of the baby you are asked to add 10 units of Pitocin to the patients IV. Pitocin is available in 10 units/ml. How many milliliters would you add to the IV bag? Enter numeric value only.
5. The provider ordered Clindamycin (Cleocin) 175mg PO QHS. Given the medication label listed below, how many ml should be administered? Round to nearest tenth. Enter numeric value only
6. The physician ordered Lasix (furosemide) 2.5 mg/kg IV, q 8 hours for a child who weighs 28 pounds. How many milligrams of Lasix should the nurse administer in a 24-hour period? Round to the nearest whole number. Enter numeric value only.
7. A child weighs 95 lb and has an order for IV tobramycin (Nebcin). The order is for 3 mg/kg/day in three divided doses. How many milligrams of medication should be administered per dose? Round to the nearest tenth. Enter numeric value only.
8. The patient in bed 2, Conner, needs to receive 500ml of D5.45 over the next 8 hours for treatment of his dehydration secondary to influenza. You need to run this via gravity using 20gtt/ml tubing. Calculate the flow rate in gtt/min. Round to the nearest whole number. Enter numeric value only
9. You are caring for a child who weighs 30 pounds. The doctor's order is for Garamycin 25 mg IV every 6 hours. The recommended dose is 6 - 7.5 mg/kg/day in 4 equally divided doses. Is the ordered dose Within the therapeutic range? Above? or below?
10. Digoxin 250mcg iv stat. lanoxil is available 100mcg/1ml. How many ml you need to administer to give correct dose?
11. Hudson has been assessed by the clinical nutritionist after g-tube placement for nutritional management. He needs to receive 2200 calories per day. If each 8 oz can of formula contains 350 calories, how many cans of formula will you need to order to total Hudson's daily requirement? Round to nearest whole number. Enter numeric value only.
12. Alex needs to receive 1200 ml of D5.45 at 200ml/hr. If the infusion is started at 1530, what time will it be complete? Provide answer in military time.
13 A child weighs 88 lb and has an order for morphine sulfate 7.5 mg subcutaneously every 8 hours prn. The recommended maximum dose for a child is 0.1 to 0.2 mg/kg/dose. What is the safe dosage range for this child? maximum and minimum Round to nearest whole number. Enter numeric value only.
14. Kayley has an order to receive Ampicillin 125mg IM STAT. The pharmacy sends up a powder form of the medication that must be reconstituted. The directions for reconstitution are: "Add 1.8 ml of NS to yield 250mg/ml" How many ml do you need to administer to give the correct dose? Round to nearest tenth. Enter numeric value only.