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Nursing Dosage Calculation Test 2023/2024 Questions and Answers (Verified Answers by Expert) 1. You are preparing to infuse Ensure 1/2 strength at 60 mL/hour. The Ensure is available in 240 mL cans. You mix one can of ensure with 240 mL of water to obtain the 1/2 strength. How many hours will it...

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1. You are preparing to infuse Ensure 1/2 strength at 60 mL/hour. The

Ensure is available in 240 mL cans. You mix one can of ensure with 240 mL

of water to obtain the 1/2 strength. How many hours will it take for the

feeding to infuse? (Place only the numerical value in the space

provided.✔✔✔ 240 Ensure

+ 240 water = 480 total volume. 480/60 mL/hr = 8 hours.




2. A client is receiving Glucerna 180 mL at 35 mL/hour. How many hours

will it take for the Glucerna to infuse? (Round to the nearest 10th decimal

and place only the numerical value in the space provided.)


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,Infusion time:: 180 mL/35 mL per hour = 5.14 hours = 5.1 hours




3. A client is receiving Osmolyte 240 mL at 40 mL per hour via an enteral

tube. How many hours will it take the Osmolyte to infuse? (Place only

the numerical value in the space provided.✔✔✔ 240 mL/40 mL/hr = 6

hours




4. The provider prescribes aminophylline 15 mcg/kg/min for a child with

status asthmaticus. The child weighs 44 pounds. The aminophylline bag is

labeled 500 mg/500 mL of NS. What rate will you program the infusion

pump to deliver? (Place only the numerical value in the space

provided.✔✔✔ 44/2.2 = 20 kg; 15/1000 = 0.015 X 20 = 0.3 X 60 = 18

mg/hr; 18 mg/500 mg X 500 mL = 18 mL/hr




5. The provider prescribes aminophylline 15 mcg/kg/min for a child with

status asthmaticus. The child weighs 44 pounds. The aminophylline bag is

labeled 500 mg/500 mL of NS. What volume will you set the infusion pump

to infuse? (Place only the numerical value in the space provided.✔✔✔ You
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, infuse the total volume of the bag which is 500 mL.




6. A client is prescribed dopamine 8 mcg/kg/min. The client weighs 198

pounds. The dopamine available is 800 mg in 500 mL of D5W. What rate

will you infuse this medication using an IV pump? (Place only the

numerical value in the space provided.✔✔✔ 198/2.2 = 90 kg; 8/1000 =

0.008 X 90 = 0.72 X 60 = 43.2 mg/hr; 43.2/800 X 500 = 27 mL/hr




7. You enter a client's room and the pump reads 45 mL/hour with a volume

to be infused of 500 mL. The label on the bag reads lidocaine 2 g in 500 mL

of D5W. What dose in mg/min of the lidocaine is this client receiving?

(Place only the numerical value in the space provided.✔✔✔ X g/2 g X 500

mL = 45 mL/hr; Multiple each side of the equation by 2. 500X = 90.

X=90/500 = 0.18 g/hr; 0.18 X 1000 = 180 mg/hr. 180/60 = 3 mg/min




8. A client had 1 glass of apple juice, 1 bowl of oatmeal, 1/2 cup coffee,

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