Question

1. The physician orders Amoxicillin 20mg IVP Q6h. Your pharmacy supplies 10mg per 5 ml. How many milliliters will you administer per dose?

2. Your patient is anxious and you are going to give Ativan to calm her. The physician orders 6 mg IVP and you have 4mg/ml vials. How many ml will you administer?

3. You evaluate a person’s intake for 12 hours. What is your patient’s intake for your shift?

Intake

             3 cups of coffee

             6 ounces of OJ

             240 ml of soup

             IV fluids 100ml/hr

4. Using the patient in the last question, what is her output for your 12 hour shift?

Output

Urine- 800m

Chest tube 200 ml for your shift

5. A patient has a liter bag of fluids to be infused over 12 hours. How many ml per hour should you set your pump to ensure the whole liter is infused?

6. A physician orders Cymbalta 120mg PO daily. Available to you from pharmacy is 30 mg capsules. How many capsules will you administer?

7. Your order states to give Geodon 40mg B.I.D. Available to you from pharmacy is 20mg. How many tablets will you administer?

Answer 1

#. Ordered dose of Amoxicillin is 20 md IVP Q6h

Available dose of Amoxicillin is 10mg in 5ml

So we need to administer 10 ml of available Amoxicillin to provide the ordered dose every 6 hourly .

#. Ordered dose of Ativan -6mg

Available dose of Ativan is 4mg in 1ml

So we need to administer 1.5 ml of available Ativan to provide the odered dose

#. Total intake for 12 hours :-

6 ounces of OJ = 6× 30 ml = 180ml ( 1 onuce = 30ml )

3cups of coffee = 711ml ( 237 ml is = 1cup )

240 ml of soup

IV FLUID = 100/hr = 100× 12 = 1200 ml

Total intake for 12hr = 2331ml

#. Her urine output for 12 hrs :

- urine 800ml + 200 ml chest tube drainage = 1000ml