Dose to be given to × dose available ÷
Strength available
Ie, 1/6×0.5÷1/4=0.32 ml
6. Ordered: Morphine gr 1/6 IM Q4h prn severe pain. Available: Morphine gr 74 per 0.5mL...
6. Ordered: Morphine gr 1/4 IM Q4h prn severe pain. Available: Morphine gr / per / mL How much will you give the patient? .25 ml
An order is written for Demerol (meperidine) 50 mg IM q4h prn for pain. The available preparation contains 100 mg Demerol in 2 mL. How many mL should be given in each dose?
Question 2 options: Morphine 10 mg SQ q 4h PRN pain is ordered for a patient. You have only a bottle marked Morphine 25 mg/mL. How many mL will you inject every 4 hours if the patient is complaining of pain?
3. Order: Morphine gr 1/6, po (by mouth), PRN (as needed). Note: When grains are used in a prescription, the part of a grain is usually listed after the letters "gr" (1 gram 15.43 gr [grains]) Drug available: Morphine 10 mg tablets How many tablets would you give each time?
Medication Calculation Worksheeet #2 1. Ordered: Demerol 35 mg IM Available: Demerol 50 mg/ml Give:_________ 2. Ordered: Nembutal 100 mg capsule Available: Nembutal 0.1 gm/capsule Give:_________ 3. Ordered: Kannamycin 200 mg Available: Kannamycin 0.5 gm/2 ml Give:_________ 4. Ordered: Atropine 0.3 mg IV Stat Available: Atropine gr 1/150 per ml Give:_________ 5. Ordered: Ativan 0.5 mg IM PRN anxiety Available: Ativan 2 mg/ml Give:_________ 6. Ordered: Aspirin gr X PO Available: Aspirin 0.3 gm Give:_________ By what route? ___________ 7....
1. Calculate the dose for the following medications: Order: codeine 30mg PO q4hr PRN for pain Supply: codeine 15mg scored tablets Give: _______________ tablets Order: Tylenol with codeine 15mg PO QD Supply: Tylenol with 7.5mg codeine unscored tablets Give: _____________ tablets 2. Stevie Nicks is a 79 year old women who was admitted to the orthopedic floor from the Emergency Department with a fractured hip from a fall. The doctor ordered to start 0.9% Sodium Chloride. Your order states: 500mL...
valium 8 mg po q4h prn agitation. Available valium 5mg/ml. How much will you give in 24 hour period.
6. Ordered: Kefzol 500 mg IM Q 6 H Available: Kefzol 225 mg/ ml Give:_________How many doses per day? 7. Ordered: Vistaril 100 mg IM Q 4 H PRN Available: Vistaril 10ml vial containing 50 mg/ml Give:_________ 8. Ordered: Demerol 22mg IM Stat Available: Demerol 25 mg/0.5 ml Give:_________ 9. Ordered: Hydrocortisone 8 mg IV Q 4 H Available: Hydrocortisone 100 mg/2 ml Give:_________ 10. Ordered: Tobramycin 40 mg IM Q 8 h Available: Tobramycin 60 mg/1.5 ml Give:_________ How...
11-13! please put formula! 11. Morphine oral solution 30 mg q4h is ordered. Medication available is labeled 20 mg/5 ml. How much solution should be given PO? Chara Alignm 12. Keflex suspension 125 mg gid is ordered for a 2.5-year-old child who weighs 13 kg. The usual pediatric dose is 25 to 50 mg/kg/24 h. a. What is the dose range for this weight for 24 h?__ mg to mg b. What is this child's dose per 24 h?_ _mg....
1. You are working in the Emergency Room and haloperidol 7.5 mg IM is ordered in agitated patients with schizophrenia. Label reads; Haloperidol 50mg/10mL How many mL will you give?_______mL (answer to the nearest tenth of an mL) 2. The physician has orders for a patient with generalized anxiety disorder lorazepam (Ativan) 0.02 mg/kg every 3 hours IV PRN. The patient weight is 55kg. Lorazepam is available as 2mg/mL. How many mg do you give for each dose? ____mg. (Round...