The physician has written an order for a medication, 3,000 units to be given SQ. You have on
hand 5,000 units/mL. You will administer _______mL. - 3000/5000 *1
= 0.6mL
The surgeon orders for 75 mg of a medication to be given IV push. The medication is available
in a concentration of 125 mg/2 mL...
Basic Math Ability Exam A Relias The physician has written an order for a medication, 3,000 units to be given SQ. You have on hand 5,000 units/mL. You will administer _______mL. - ✔✔3000/5 000 *1 = 0.6mL The surgeon orders for 75 mg of a medication to be given IV push. The medication is available in a concentration of 125 mg/2 mL. You will administer ____mL to the patient. (record your answer using one decimal place) - ✔✔1.2 The sliding s cale order states: [FORMULA: (BG -100)÷30]= number of units of insulin to be given. At 1600 the patient's blood glucose is 150. You will administer _____ units of insulin (round to the nearest whole number). - ✔✔150-100/30 =1.66 rounded to nearest whole num ber = 2 Your patient's blood glucose is 302 mg/dL. The sliding scale order is to administer insulin using this formula: [FORMULA: (BG -100)÷40]= number of units to administer. Based upon your patient's glucose, you should administer ____ units of insulin. (round to the nearest whole number) - ✔✔302-100/40 =5.05 rounded = 5 The physician has ordered a medication to be given 0.05 mg/kg/day in 1,000 mL of fluid. The patient weighs 246 lbs. The dose added to the 1,000 mL bag of fluid should be _____ mg. (round your answer to one decimal place) - ✔✔0.05*111.5 (the weight in kg) = 5.575mg a day =5.6 The surgeon orders a medication 1.5 gms IV. The pharmacy delivers the medication as 1.5 grams in 150 mL IV solution to be infused over 90 minutes. The rate of the infusion is____mL/hr. - ✔✔100 The physician orders for 1 liter of IV fl uid to be given over 6 hours. The available tubing set delivers 15 gtts/mL. After your calculation, the set should be calibrated to deliver _______ gtts/min. (round to the nearest whole number) - ✔✔https://www.mdcalc.com/iv -drip-rate-
calculator =42 Your patient's blood sugar is 201 mg/dL. The sliding scale insulin order says to use the following formula to calculate the number of units to administer: [FORMULA: (BG -100)÷30+10]= number of units to administer. Based upon your patient's blood sugar, the nurse should administer ____units of insulin.(round to the nearest whole number) - ✔✔13
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