HSRT - Health Sciences Reasoning Quantitative Reasoning and Numeracy Questions and Answers

Question 1

A physician orders an antibiotic at a dose of 20 mg/kg for a child who weighs 44 lbs.
The pharmacy supplies an oral suspension with a concentration of 250 mg/5 mL.
How many milliliters (mL) should the nurse administer per dose?

Accepted Answer

8.0 mL

Answer

17.6 mL

Answer

4.0 mL

Answer

8.8 mL

Question 2

A patient is ordered to receive 1 liter of 0.9% Normal Saline intravenously over 8 hours. The IV administration set has a drop factor of 15 gtt/mL. The nurse must set the manual IV flow rate in drops per minute (gtt/min). What is the correct flow rate?

Accepted Answer

31 gtt/min

Answer

125 gtt/min

Answer

2 gtt/min

Answer

250 gtt/min

Question 3

A nurse is monitoring a patient's fluid balance over a 24-hour period. The patient's records show the following: Total Intake = 1200 mL IV fluid + 800 mL oral fluids. Total Output = 1500 mL urine + 200 mL emesis + 150 mL wound drainage. What is the patient's net fluid balance in mL?

Accepted Answer

+150 mL

Answer

−150 mL

Answer

+3850 mL

Answer

−1850 mL

Question 4

In a study monitoring a population of 5,000 people, it was found that 200 individuals already had a diagnosis of Disease X at the start of the year. Over the course of the year, 50 new cases of Disease X were diagnosed. Which of the following represents the incidence rate of Disease X per 1,000 people for that year?

Accepted Answer

10.4 per 1,000

Answer

10.0 per 1,000

Answer

40.0 per 1,000

Answer

50.0 per 1,000

Question 5

A patient is 1.70 meters tall and weighs 85 kilograms. Using the standard Body Mass Index (BMI) formula, into which WHO weight status category does this patient fall?

Accepted Answer

Overweight

Answer

Normal weight

Answer

Obesity Class I

Answer

Underweight

Question 6

A hospital pharmacist is preparing a 500 mL intravenous bag of a 20% dextrose solution. How many grams of dextrose must be added to the sterile water?

Accepted Answer

100 g

Answer

20 g

Answer

40 g

Answer

250 g

A physician orders an antibiotic at a dose of 20 mg/kg for a child who weighs 44 lbs.The pharmacy supplies an oral suspension with a concentration of 250 mg/5 mL.How many milliliters (mL) should the nurse administer per dose?

A physician orders an antibiotic at a dose of 20 mg/kg for a child who weighs 44 lbs.
The pharmacy supplies an oral suspension with a concentration of 250 mg/5 mL.
How many milliliters (mL) should the nurse administer per dose?