Dosage Calculations Exam 2 Review
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1. Order. Coumadin 7.5 mg Available: 5 mg/tablet How many
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administered? - Correct Answer-1.5 tabs
2. Order, Deltasone 7.5 mg Available: Deltasone 2.5 mg/tablet How many tablets will be
administered? (Round to nearest whole number, as appropriate) - Correct Answer-3
tabs
3. Order, Benadryl 30 mg Available: Benadryl 12.5 mg/5 mL How many mL will be
administered? (Round to the nearest tenth, as appropriate) - Correct Answer-12 mL
4. Order. Ampicillin 500 mg
Available: 250 mg PRINCIPEN Ampicillin Capsules
How many capsules will be administered? (Round to the nearest whole number) -
Correct Answer-2 capsules
5. Order. Mellaril 40 mg
Available: MELLARIL (thioridazine) HCI 30mg/mL
How many ml will be administered? (Round to the nearest tenth, as applicable) -
Correct Answer-1.3 mg/mL
Order: Zantac 150 mg
Available: Zantac (ranitidine tiydrochloride) Syrup 15 mg/ml.
How many mL will be administered? (Round to the nearest tenth, as applicable) -
Correct Answer-10 mL
7. Ordered: Penicillin G Potassium 600,000 units IM every 12h.
Available: Penicillin G Potassium 5 million units.
Directions: Add 8.2 mL diluent to yield 500,000 units/mL. Add 3.2 mL diluent to vield
1,000,000 units/mL.
If you add 8.2 mL of diluent, how many mL of Penicillin G Potassium will you give?
(Round answer to the nearest tenth, as applicable) - Correct Answer-1.2 mL
8. Ordered: Ticarcillin 0.5 g IV every 6 hours
Available: Ticarcillin 1g
Directions: Add 2 mL sterile water for injection or 1% lidocaine HCI (without
epinephrine) Each 2.6 mL equals 1,000 mg of Ticarcillin.
How many mL will you give? (Round answer to the nearest tenth, as applicable) -
Correct Answer-1.3 mL
9. Ordered: Epinephrine 400 mcg IM for a patient experiencing a severe asthma
exacerbation. Available: NDC EPINEPHRINE INJECTION, USP 1:1000 (1 mg/ml)
How many mL will the RN give? Round your answer to the nearest tenth, as applicable.
- Correct Answer-0.4 mL
10. Levothyroxine 0.1 mg is ordered daily. The pharmacy sends 50 mcg tablets of
Levothyroxine.
How many tablets will the RN give? Round your answer to the nearest tenth, as
applicable. - Correct Answer-2 tabs
11. The physician orders azithromycin 250 mg daily. The RN finds the following strength
in the patient's medication drawer. Zithromax" (azithromycin for) (oral suspension
FLAVORED 200 mg* per 5 mL
How many mL of azithromycin will the RN administer? Round your answer to the
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