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1 University of South Alabama College of Nursing HSC 342 General Review 5. The physician ordered Dilantin (phenytoin) h in four divided s. The drug is available as Dilantin Suspension 25 5ml. If the infant weighs 9 0 oz, how many to the,000ths place per will you adister for the maximum dosage? 2. Diflucan (fluconazole Injection) has been ordered at 5.2 micrograms per kilogram per IV. The drug is available as labeled below. The patient weighs 80. How many will you adister (Round to the nearest whole number)? 3. Order: Ceclor (cefaclor) 400 po q2h. Available: Ceclor 375 suspension. Child s weight: 5. Manufacturer information recommends a total daily of 30 to 50 per, in two divided s. a. What is the recommended safe daily range in whole numbers as day for this patient? b. Is the within the recommended range? 4. Order: Dexamethasone po BID. The drug is available as 5 in 0. How many (whole number) will you give for each?

2 5. Order: Dexamethasone po BID for 0 days. The drug is available as 5 in 0. How many (whole number) will you give each day (24h)? 6. An eight year-old child weighs 75 pounds. There is an order to give the child 50 day of aspirin in 4 divided s. How many (nearest whole number) will you give per? 7. The microdip IV solution set is dripping at 25. Available: Dobutae 500 in 500 D5W. Patient s weight: 85. How many is the patient receiving? (Round the final answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.) 8. You are to prepare an insulin drip of 350 U Regular Iletin I insulin in % NS. How many (0ths place) will you withdraw from the vial labeled below? 9. A 0-year-old child and has been ordered to have 25 day of clindamycin. The is given every six hours. The child weighs 80 pounds. How many (to the nearest whole number) of clindamycin will you give for each? 0. Order: Loperamide 4 p.o. bid. Available: 5. How many milliliters will you adister per? (Round to the whole number if necessary.)

3 . The nurse practitioner has prescribed a continuous IV of heparin 25,000 units in 500 of NS via an electronic infusion device at a rate of unitshour. The patient weighs 30 pounds. How many unitshour (nearest tenth) should the patient receive? 2. Give Aldomet (methyldopa) 300 IVPB in 00 D5W over 30 utes. The adistration set has a drop factor of 5. How many ute will you deliver? 3. Intropin (dopae) is infusing at 23 via a microdrip infusion set. The drug is supplied as 0 in 250 of NS. The patient weighs 32. How many (to the nearest thousandth) is the patient receiving? 4. Tagamet is infusing at 2. It is supplied as 00 to 000 D5W. Adistration set delivers 5. The patient s weight is 40 pounds. How many (nearest tenth) are infusing? 5. Patient s weight: 25. The drug is available as 00. If the IV is infusing at 7, how many (round to the tenths place) are infusing? 6. The patient has an order to receive 000 of D5W over 8 hours. Four hours after the infusion begins you note that only 300 have infused. If the solution set has a drop factor of 0, how many should you adister the rest of the D5W so that the patient gets the prescribed amount in the correct time frame?

4 7. An IV solution of 0.9% NS has milliliters of LIB. If the infusion rate is 50 drops per ute and the drop factor is 5 drops per milliliter, how many utes (whole number) will it take to complete the infusion? 8. You are to infuse 0f a solution in utes. Using a micro drip set, find the flow rate (). 9. The order reads Vita B 2 2 IM. The patient weighs 4 pounds. How many milligrams (round to the tens place) of the vita equals this?. Order Tofranil (imiprae pamoate) 0.05 grams BID. If each tablet contains 25 milligrams, how many tablets will you give for each? 2. Order: Versed (midazolam hydrochloride) 4 IM q 8 hours as needed for pain. Child s weight:. The manufacturer recommends q8h. a) How many (0ths place) have been ordered for the patient? b) What is the imum and maximum safe range (0ths place) for the patient? c) Is the within the safe range?

5 Answers lb day day a day day day day b. No, the patient has been ordered 800day day 5 day day 426 day 4s units Units day 227 day units units

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