ATI Dosage Calculation Practice Exam with Verified Answers |Latest 2024/2025
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ATI Dosage Calculation
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ATI Dosage Calculation
A client is being treated for congestive heart failure (CHF) and is to receive 0.5 milligrams of digoxin, which is available in 250-microgram tablets. The nurse would correctly administer how many tablets? 2 tabs
Physician orders the patient to take Coumadin 12.5 mg p.o. daily.
Patient has 5 ...
A patient is on a fluid restriction and is allowed 500 mL for your shift. The
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patient consumed 60 mL of coffee and 120 mL of juice at breakfast. How
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many mL do you have left for your shift?
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______ _’-_’- _’- The patient has 320 mL of fluid left for the shift.
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The nurse is to administer 25 mg of meperidine (Demerol). The vial states
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that it contains meperidine 50mg/1 mL. How much medication should the
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nurse draw up for the ordered dosage?
_’- 0.5 mL _’- _’- _’- _’- _’- _’-_’- _’- _’-
A nurse needs to convert 3 fluid ounces to the metric system equivalent. The
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nurse performs the calculation to find which result?
_’- 90 mL _’- _’- _’- _’- _’- _’- _’-_’- _’- _’-
A patient has an order for Chloromycetin, 500 mg every 6 hours. The drug
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comes in 250 mg capsules. What would the nurse administer?
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, A nurse is to administer 150 mg of a drug intramuscularly. The label on the
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multidose vials reads 100 mg/mL. How much would the nurse give?
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mL
A nurse is to administer 30 mg of furosemide (Lasix) to a client with
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congestive heart failure (CHF). The vial contains 40 mg/mL. Which is the
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correct dose to administer?
_’- 0.75 mL _’- _’- _’-_’- _’- _’-
The nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who has been
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prescribed 600 mg of an oral liquid medication. The mother shows the nurse
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the label of the medication, which reads: 250 mg/mL. The nurse would
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instruct the mother to give how many milliliters?
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A child is to receive 500 mg of an antibiotic suspension. The label on the
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bottle reads 250 mg/5 mL. The nurse should administer how much of the
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suspension in one dose? 10 mL _’- _’- _’- _’-_’- _’- _’-
A health care provider orders 250 mg of an antibiotic suspension. The label
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on the suspension reads "500 mg/5 mL." How much would the nurse
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administer? 2.5 mL _’-_’- _’- _’-
The client is to be given ascorbic acid 1 g daily by mouth. The medication
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comes in a container labeled, "Ascorbic Acid 250 mg tablets." How much will
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the nurse give?
_’- 4 tabs _’- _’-_’- _’- _’-
The PCP orders amoxicillin 250 mg by mouth two times a day. The drug label
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reads "Amoxicillin 125 mg/5 ml." How much will the nurse administer?
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10 mL _’-
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