Question

1.The physician prescribes Erythromycin 150mg by mouth twice daily. The pharmacy provides 125mg/tsp. How many mL will the nurse give per dose?

2.A physician orders 18,000 U Aqueous Penicillin IM one time. The pharmacy supplies 2 million U in 50mL vial. How many mL will the nurse inject?

3.A physician has ordered Normal Saline 1L to infuse over 4 hours. How many mL per hour will the nurse infuse the Normal Saline?

4.A physician ordered Pronestyl 300mg IM every 6 hours. The pharmacy supplies 0.5 G in a 1 mL vial. How many mL will the nurse give your client? Round to the first decimal place.

5.A physician ordered Humalog 15 units SQ every day. The vial contains 1U/0.1mL. How many mL will the nurse give the client. Round to the first decimal place.

Answer 1

1) erythromycin 150mg by mouth t.i.d PO.

1 tsp = 5 ml.

Pharmacy proclvides 125 mg /5 ml.

Per dose 150 mg should be given.

So, 150 x 5 /125 = 6 ml.

Nurse should give 6 ml per dose.