Question

Your patient is ordered heparin 7500 units SO 4 8 hours. The label of the heparin vial reads 5,000 units per 1 ml in a 2 ml vial. How much heparin would you administer to your client daily? Practice Problem #4 The physician orders Mellaril 80mg PO tid for a patient with schizophrenia. If you have available 10, 15, and 50 mg non-scored tablets available, which combination of tablets would contain the exact dosage with the smallest number of tablets (Important: It is always best to give required dose with the smallest number of available tablets)? Practice Problem # 5 The order is Vasotec 15 mg PO daily for 7 days. Available is Vasotec 7500 mcg tablets. How many tablets of Vasotec will you administer to your client today at 0900? Practice Problem #6 The physician orders Haldol 3mg IM stat. Available is Haldol 5mg/ml ampules. How many ml would you give your patient? Practice Problem # 7 The physician orders Haldol 6mg IM stat. Available is Haldol 4mg/2ml in a 10 ml vial. How many ml would you give your patient?

Answer 1

Order dose heparin 7500 units SQ 8 hourly.

Available quantity 5000 unit per 1 ml in a 2 ml vial.

So, you need to administer 1.5 ml per dose.

7,500units + 5,000 units/ml = 1.5ml

In a day client need total 3 doses according to 8 hrly order

1.5ml x 3dose = 4.5ml

Answer - 4.5 ml of heparin a nurse will administer to the client daily.

Problem - 4

Ordered dose Mallari 80mg PO TID for a patient with schizophrenia.

Available no-scored tablets 10 mg, 15mg, 50mg.

The combination of the tablet will be

50 mg tab + 15 mg tab + 15 mg tab = 80 mg total

Problem - 5

Order dose vasotec 15 mg po daily for 7 days.

Available dose 7500mcg tablet.

1000 mcg is equal to 1 mg

so, 7500 mcg tablet equal to 7.5mg.

for 15 mg dose, you need to give 2 tablets.

7.5mg x 2tab = 15mg

Answer - 2 vasotec you will administer to your client today.

Problem - 6

Order dose Haldol 3 mg im stat

Available quantity 5mg/ml

So, you will give 0.6ml for 3 mg Haldol.

Problem 7

order dose 6mg IM stat

Available quantity 4mg/2ml in a 10 ml vial

so, 1mg will be in 0.5ml.

2ml - 4mg = 0.5ml/mg

Then for 6mg, you need to give 3 ml of solution.

0.5ml/mg x 6mg=3ml

Answer - 3 ml