PTCB Pharmacy Calculations #5
Mycostatin 400,000 units po four times a day is prescribed by the doctor. After reconstitution, the medication is administered at 100,000 units per milliliter. In one dose, how many milliliters will the nurse administer?
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The correct answer:
4 ml
Over the course of 8 hours, give 1L NS. 15 gtt/ml drop factor ______ gtt/min flow rate
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31 gtt/min
[Morphine Sulfate 15 mg/ml] For myocardial infarction, your patient requires morphine gr 1/6 subcutaneous stat. How many milliliters are you going to use?
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Explanation:
Simply divide and multiply to convert grains to milligrams.
[Dilaudid-HP 10 mg/ml] The doctor prescribes Dilaudid gr 1/60 IV every four hours prn. In a day, how many milliliters will be administered?
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0.6 ml
[Scopolamine Hydrobromide Injection, USP 0.4 mg/ml] At 0700, the doctor prescribes scopolamine gr 1/150 subcutaneous. How much liquid will be administered?
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1 ml
D5W 1000 mL IV every 6 hours If an infusion pump is used, what is the flowrate? ______ ml/hr
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167 ml/hr
Rx: Tussionex # 12 oz. Sig: ii tsp qd prn for cough 6d. How long will this medication last?
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6 days
How many milligrams of Vancomycin are there in 1.25 g of IV solution per 250 mL?
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1250 mg
As a ratio strength, write 2g of active ingredient in 250 ml of solution.
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1:125
To make 4L of a 1:2000 w/v solution, how much (1:400 w/v) stock solution should be used?
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800 ml
A doctor orders tetracycline suspension for a patient to take 2 teaspoonfuls four times a day for four days, then 1 teaspoonful four times a day for two days. How many milliliters of the suspension should be delivered to meet the dosing regimen's requirements?
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200 ml