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Showing 25 questions, Sign in for moreFosamax (alendronate sodium) 60 mg by mouth is ordered. Fosamax 70 mg/75 mL is available. How many milliliters should the nurse administer to the patient?
Round to the nearest whole number.
A client diagnosed with tuberculosis is prescribed rifampin, 4 mg/kg. 8 hourly for 6 days. The client weighs 43 kg. How many 100 mg bottles of rifampin will be required for this client?
Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
A client is prescribed a course of 600 mg/day of ciprofloxacin for 1 week to treat a throat infection. Each bottle contains 7 tablets that are 300 mg.
How many bottles would be required for the client's prescribed course of treatment throughout the week?
A primary healthcare provider prescribes 15 g/day niacinamide to a client. Upon seeing the medication bottle, a nurse finds each tablet has a score mark.
What should the nurse do while administering this medication?
Robitussin DM contains 100 mg of guaifenesin per 1 teaspoon. How many milligrams of guaifenesin are in 10 mL?
A client is prescribed 250 mg of metformin. The pharmacy supplies 500 mg pre- scored tablets of metformin. How should the nurse administer the medication to the client?
A patient is ordered Amoxil (amoxicillin) 0.5 grams by mouth three times per day. The concentration is 125 mg/5 mL.
How many milliliters per dose should the nurse administer to the patient?
A client is ordered Mylanta 1 tablespoon by mouth after meals and at bedtime. How many milliliters should the client take with each dose?
A client is prescribed 500 mL of a medication that is available in 2 mg/mL vials. How many mg of the medication should the client receive?
A physician ordered 5 mL 10% dextrose stat. The only dextrose available is a vial of 5 mL 50% dextrose.
How can the nurse provide the appropriate dose?
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. 0.008 mL
A nurse will administer Zofran (ondansetron) 0.15 mg/kg over 15 minutes. The patient weighs 176 lb. The nurse receives the medication from the pharmacy mixed in 50 mL normal saline...
How should the nurse set the IV pump to deliver the correct dose?
A nurse will administer Nubain (nalbuphine) 0.3 mg/kg IV over 10 minutes. The Nubain is available in 10 mg/mL. The patient weighs 148 lb.
How many milliliters per minute of Nubain should the nurse administer?
A physician orders fosphenytoin 0.5 mg/kg IV once daily for a client. The client weighs 57 kg. What is the drug dosage that needs to be administered to the client?
Coumadin 75 mg is ordered for a patient with deep vein thrombosis. Coumadin 25 mg oral tablets are available in the electronic medication administration record.
How many tablets should the nurse administer to the patient?
Why is subcutaneous (SC) insulin usually administered into the abdomen as the preferred site?
A physician orders magnesium sulfate, 6 grams loading dose to be administered over 30 minutes. There are 40 grams of magnesium sulfate in the IV bag. What is the rate per hour to administer the loading dose?
Morphine sulfate 10 mg IM is ordered. Morphine sulfate 5 mg/mL is available. What volume (mL) should be administered?
A patient is ordered 5 mg of IV Lopressor (metoprolol tartrate) to be administered over 2 minutes. The concentration is 1 mg/mL.
How many milligrams per minute should the patient receive?
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 client is receiving intravenous infusion of 1.5 L saline solution at a rate of 75 mL/hr.
How many hours will it take to finish the infusion at the current rate?
A client is receiving intravenous infusion of 1.5 L saline solution at a rate of 75 mL/hr.
How many hours will it take to finish the infusion at the current rate?
What is the correct angle for giving an intradermal injection?
A patient is to receive magnesium sulfate 2 grams per hour at 50 mL/hour rate of infusion.
How much magnesium sulfate must be added to 1000 mL normal saline to provide the ordered infusion?
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?
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