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UTILISING UNIQUE AND REVOLUTIONARY METHODS.

1 NURSING TUTORING ESSENTIALS DRUG CALCULATIONS: WEB PRACTICE MAXIMISING POTENTIAL THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION BY UTILISING UNIQUE AND REVOLUTIONARY METHODS. NursingTutoringEssentials.com.au

1. 2. Question Medication to be used Answer Your patient s medication orders requires you to

According to the medication manual in your hospital, this medication should be administered

Your patient needs 100mg of Spiractin per day this is to be divided an

2 1. 2. Question Medication to be used Answer Your patient s medication orders requires you to administer Keflex 1.5 G in 50 ml of a 5% Dextrose solution. According to the medication manual in your hospital, this medication should be administered over 30 minutes. Calculate drops per minute. Your patient needs 100mg of Spiractin per day this is to be divided and administered QID. a. How many mgs would each dose be, b. and how many tablets would you give them each dose. 3. Your patient needs 1000 mg of Ciprofloxacin. How many mls would you need to give them via IVT.

4. Question Medication to be used Answer Please administer 1g of paracetamol and 60 mg of Codeine

Please administer 200mg of 5. Aspirin to your patient. How many tablets would you give.

However, you come back in the room some time later and notice that the IV has stopped 6.

3 4. Question Medication to be used Answer Please administer 1g of paracetamol and 60 mg of Codeine Phosphate to your patient. a. What would you give. b. and how many tablets would you give. Please administer 200mg of 5. Aspirin to your patient. How many tablets would you give. Your patient has an IV running of Hartmanns(1000 mls) over 8 hours. However, you come back in the room some time later and notice that the IV has stopped 6. running and only 600mls has been administered to the patient. You call the doctor, who tells you to administer the remainder of the bag over 4 hours. Calculate the mls per hour and drops per minute.

Question Medication to be used Answer 7. Over the next 4 hours you must infuse 500mls of normal saline to your patient. Calculate the mls per hour and drops per minute. 8.

4 Question Medication to be used Answer 7. Over the next 4 hours you must infuse 500mls of normal saline to your patient. Calculate the mls per hour and drops per minute. 8. The doctor reduces the order of an IV that has been running to 30mls/hr. The IV bag indicates that there is 270mls remaining. Calculate the drops per minute. 9. 1g of Panadol QID. How many tablets would you give per dose.

10. Question Medication to be used Answer Your patient has a suspected morphine overdose.

a. How many mls will you administer the first time. b.

until they reached the maximum dose. 11.

5 10. Question Medication to be used Answer Your patient has a suspected morphine overdose. The drug orders are written as Naloxone 2mg every 2-3 minutes if necessary. The maximum you can administer is 10mg. a. How many mls will you administer the first time. b. If you administered naloxone every 2 minutes, how many times would you have administered naloxone to the patient until they reached the maximum dose. 11. Your patient is in a lot of pain and the doctor has ordered 15 mg of morphine IM that you must administer. How many mls will you inject in to the muscle of your patient. 12. Your patient requires 900mcg of anginie STAT. How many tablets would you give them sublingually.

Question Medication to be used Answer 13.

Prednisolone to your patient. How many tablets would you give.

6 Question Medication to be used Answer 13. You need to give your patient 20mg of Urex. How many tablets would you give. 14. The medication orders show that you must administer 50mg of Prednisolone to your patient. How many tablets would you give. 15. A patient has been ordered Potassium Chloride in 5% Dextrose and Sodium Chloride at 25 mls/hr. Calculate the drops per minute.

Question Medication to be used Answer 16.

given 12 hours. Calculate the mls per hour and drops per minute.

7 Question Medication to be used Answer litres of Hartmans (Lactated Ringer s) is required to be given given 12 hours. Calculate the mls per hour and drops per minute mls of IV Fluid over 1 hour. Calculate the mls per hour and drops per minute.

Question Medication to be used Answer 18.

8 Question Medication to be used Answer litre of Dextrose 5% in water over 8 hours. Calculate the mls per hour and drops per minute. 19. Please give 10mg IM of Haloperidol to your patient. How many mls will you inject? litres of Normal saline is required to be given to the patient over 4 hours. Calculate the mls per hour and drops per minute.

9 Answers Answer dpm 2. a. 25 mgs b. 1 Tablet mls a. Panadeine 4. Forte b. 2 Tablets 5. 2 Tablets ml/hr; 33 dpm ml/hr; 42dpm dpm 9. 2 Tablets 10. a. 5 mls b. 5 times mls Tablets Tablet Tablets dpm ml/hr; 83 dpm mls/hr; 33 dpm mls/hr; 42dpm mls mls/hr; 125 dpm

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Metric Apothecary Approximate both systems 1L = 1000mL 1T=3t 1g=gr15 1gram=1000mg 1cup=8oz gr1=60mg 1mg=1000mcg or g 1pound=16oz 1t=5mL

PRACTICE MATH FOR NURSING 333 Instructor: Tricia Wickers Know the following equivalents: Metric Apothecary Approximate both systems 1L = 1000mL 1T=3t 1g=gr15 1gram=1000mg 1cup=8oz gr1=60mg 1mg=1000mcg