A physician orders Tylenol 3 (codeine/APAP) 30 mg by mouth every 4-6 hours as needed for pain. The nurse has Tylenol 3 available as 30/300 mg tablets. How many tablets should the nurse administer to the patient?

Robitussin DM contains 100 mg of guaifenesin per 1 teaspoon. How many milligrams of guaifenesin are in 10 mL?

A physician orders Tylenol 3 (codeine/APAP) 30 mg by mouth every 4-6 hours as needed for pain. The nurse has Tylenol 3 available as 30/300 mg tablets. How many tablets should the nurse administer to the patient?

At 9:00 a.m. a nurse starts an intravenous (IV) infusion for a client at the rate of 120 mL/hr. If the volume of the fluid is 0.75 L, when will this infusion be completed?

A physician gives the following order: "Infuse LR, 500 mL over 2 hours."
At what rate should the nurse set the IV pump to deliver this infusion (mL/hr)?

A patient with deep vein thrombosis has heparin ordered. Heparin 25,000 units in 250 mL D5W infuses at a rate of 12 mL/hr from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 10 mL/hr from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
What is the total amount of heparin, in units, that the patient received from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.?

A primary healthcare provider prescribes 0.02 mg/kg tid glycopyrolate to a child with chronic severe drooling. A nurse finds that the child weighs 44 lb. Upon seeing the drug label, the nurse finds that 5 mL of medication contains 1 mg of drug.

What should the nurse do to provide safe medication to the child?

Cefuroxime is available as a suspension of 25 mg in 2 mL. A mother informs a nurse that she gives her child 2 tsp of the suspension once a day orally.

What is the dose that the child receives?

Nitroglycerin 125 mg diluted in 500 mL D5W (dextrose 5% in water) is infusing at a rate of 42 mcg/minute for a patient with chest pain. What rate (in mL/hr) should the nurse program into the IV pump to deliver this dose?

Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

A patient is ordered 5 mg of IV Lopressor (metoprolol tartrate) to be administered over 60 seconds. The concentration is 1 mg/1 mL.
How many milliliters per minute should the nurse administer to the patient?

A nurse administers 25 mg of a medication to a client from a vial that has 50 mg reconstituted single-dose medication. The client requires two intramuscular injections per day. What is the number of vials required for 5 days?