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NURSING DOSAGE CALCULATION TEST 1/50 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (A+)
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NURSING DOSAGECALCULATION TEST
1/50 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (A+)
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.) -
√Answer>240 Ensure + 240 water = 480 total
volume. 480/60 mL/hr = 8 hours.
>Quiz: 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.)
Infusion time: - √Answer>180 mL/35 mL per hour
= 5.14 hours = 5.1 hours
>Quiz: 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.) -
√Answer>240 mL/40 mL/hr = 6 hours
>Quiz: The provider prescribes aminophylline 15
mcg/kg/min for a child with status asthmaticus.
The child weighs 44 pounds. The aminophylline
bag is labelled 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.) - √Answer>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
>Quiz: The provider prescribes aminophylline 15
mcg/kg/min for a child with status asthmaticus.
The child weighs 44 pounds. The aminophylline
bag is labelled 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.) - √Answer>You infuse the total volume
of the bag which is 500 mL.
>Quiz: 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.) - √Answer>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
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