7. Your patient is to receive Lasix 40 mg P.O. q AM. Lasix is stocked in 20 mg
tablets. How many tablets will you administer?
8.
Your patient is to receive Digoxin 0.25 mg P.O. q AM. Digoxin is stocked in 0.125
mg tablets. How many tablets will you administer?
9. The physician has ordered Heparin 10,000 units SQ for your patient. Heparin is
stocked in a multidose vial labeled 20,000 units/ml. How many ml's will you give?
10. The order is to give Atropine 0.6 mg. I.M. on call to surgery. On hand is a vial
labeled Atropine 0.4 mg/ml. How many ml's will you give?
11. The order is to give Morphine 4 mg I.M. stat. Available is a vial labeled morphine
10 mg/ml. How many ml's will you give?
12.
The order is to give Demerol 35 mg I.M. q 4h p.r.n. pain. The medication is
supplied in a tubex labeled 50 mg/ml. How many ml's will you give?
13. The order is to give Valium 8 mg I.M. on call to surgery. The Valium stocked is
labeled 10 mg/2 ml. How many ml's will you give?
14. The order is to give Prostaphlin 350 mg I.M. q 4h. Directions for reconstitution of
the 1 gm vial state: Add 5.7 ml of sterile water. Each 1.5 ml will then contain 250
15.
The order is to give Polycillin-N 700 mg I.M. q 4h. The directions for reconstitution
of each 1-gm vial of Polycillin state: Add 3.4 ml of sodium chloride to produce a
concentration of 250 mg/ml. How many ml's will you give?
16. The patient is to receive Vistaril 75 mg I.M. q 4h p.r.n. nausea. On hand is a vial
containing 100 mg/2 ml. How many ml's will you give?
17. The order is to give Omnipen 350 mg I.M. q 6h. The directions on the vial state:
Add 1.9 ml to produce a concentration of 125 mg/0.5 ml. How many ml will you
give?
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