Solution will you need for appropriate dilution

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1. Sarah is to receive Cleocin 275 mg IV q 6 hr. The recommended concentration is 5 mg/ml. How many milliliters of solution will you need for an appropriate dilution?

2. When Maria goes to the drug cabinet, she notes that there is 1 gram of medication in a bottle. She adds 4 mL of sterile water. This yields 250 mg/mL. If the ordered dose is 500 mg, what should she give?

3. You are to administer 12.5 mcg of Synthroid p.o. to Jean. The pharmacy sends Synthroid 0.025 mg per scored tablet. How many tablets should you administer?

4. Depakote solution mixed with 25 mL of water gives a final concentration of 50 mg/1mL. The order reads: Depakote 75 mg every 8 hours. How many mL should be administered with each dose?

5. Solumedrol is mixed in 30 mL to give a 20 mg/mL solution. The dose required is 10.25 mg/m²/day IV BID. How many milliliters will be given with each dose?

Wt: 145 lbs Ht: 146 cm

6. The order reads: Heparin (15,000 units/100 mL) 1.5 units/kg IV bolus once, infuse over 45 minutes. What would the drop rate be if using IV tubing with a drop factor of 22? Wt: 158 lbs Ht: 146 cm

7. Ellie needs to administer Vancomycin 500 mg IV every 12 hours. The medication is diluted with NS to give a final concentration of 50mg/25 mL ratio (vancomycin/NS). What is the drop rate if administering over 50 minutes using a burette?

8. The hospital does not have D15NS in stock. You are required to make this fluid using NS 0.5L and D50 (50 g/25 mL). How many milliliters of D50 would you need to make D15NS?

9. Tina is receiving chemotherapy at the oncology clinic. She is receiving 40 mg of a medication mixed in 175 mL of NS. This infusion is administered at a rate of 45 mL/hr. If the infusion starts at 17:45, what time will she expect the infusion to finish?

10. A patient is receiving a continuous infusion of heparin (25,000 units/250 mL) at a rate of 5 units/hr at 08:00. If the order directs the nurse to increase the infusion 2.5 units every 30 minutes, what would the rate be at 14:30?

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