Dosage Calculation Practice Exam 3 Practice Questions and Answers
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Dosage Calculation
Dosage Calculation Practice Exam 3
Practice Questions and Answers
A child weighs 40 lbs. The medication order reads: 0.5 mg/kg of body weight. The nurse
should administer what dose? - Answer️️ -9
Remicade 3 mg/kg IV infusion monthly has been prescribed for a client diagnosed with
rheumatoi...
Dosage Calculation Practice Exam 3
Practice Questions and Answers
A child weighs 40 lbs. The medication order reads: 0.5 mg/kg of body weight. The nurse
should administer what dose? - Answer✔️✔️-9
Remicade 3 mg/kg IV infusion monthly has been prescribed for a client diagnosed with
rheumatoid arthritis. The client weighs 150 pounds. How many mg of Remicade will be
infused? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. - Answer✔️✔️-205
A 44-lb (20-kg) preschooler is being treated for inflammation. The physician orders 0.2
mg/kg/day of dexamethasone by mouth to be administered every 6 hours. The elixir
comes in a strength of 0.5 mg/5 ml. How many teaspoons of dexamethasone should the
nurse give this client per dose? Record your answer using a whole number. -
Answer✔️✔️-2
An antineoplastic medication is prescribed for a child. The nurse is verifying the dose is
the recommended dose for a child with a certain body surface area (BSA). The child's
BSA is 0.43 m2. The average adult BSA is 1.7 m2, and the usual adult dose of this
medication is 40 mg. What is the recommended child's dose? (Round to the nearest
whole number.) - Answer✔️✔️-10
A nurse is caring for a 61-year-old client whose health care provider has ordered 2200
mg of ethambutol daily. The recommended dose for ethambutol is 15-25 mg/kg/day.
The client weighs 90 kg. Based on dosage calculation, the prescribed dose is: -
Answer✔️✔️-At the high end of the recommended range.
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