9. An order reads to deliver 200 mg/kg of poractant alfa, a natural surfactant, to a premature infant in the intensive care nursery. The infant weighs 500 g. You have a solution containing 80 mg of phospholipids per milliliter. How many milligrams will you administer to your patient?
9. An order reads to deliver 200 mg/kg of poractant alfa, a natural surfactant, to a...
An order reads to deliver 200 mg/kg of poractant alfa to a premature infant. The infant weighs 500 g. You have a solution containing 80 mg of phospholipids per milliliter. How many milliliters will you administer to your patient?
1. The medication order for Mr. Stevenson reads: "Give 100 mg/kg of body weight. If Mr. Stevenson weighs 143 lb, how many grams should he receive? 2. The medication order for Bobby Kent, a 12 lb child reads, "Vancomycin 10 mg/kg IV X 1 preop." The medication label reads, "Vancomycin 10 mg/ml." What volume of the medication must be drawn up to deliver the dose for the patient by IV infusion? 3. Dr. Lozon orders a prophylactic 2 mg/kg dose...
The nurse has an order to administer Dopamine at 2 mg/kg/min for a patient admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit with cardiogenic shock. The pharmacy prepares a solution of 400mg/250mL 5% Dextrose. The patient weighs 132 lbs. The nurse should set the pump at what rate in mL per hour?
Order: Phenobarbital sodium 4 mg/kg PO, daily at bedtime. The label on the bottle reads, "20 mg/tab." Calculate how many tablets you should administer for a child who weighs 33 pounds.
1. The drug order reads ASA grains Xq4h pm. for headache. You have ASA 300 mg tablets. How many tablets will you give? 90 10 50mg T X 300 mg grio (300 Jong = 6,50 mg groo - bdmg = 13% ng or 2 Yong 2. Order: Lasix 8 mg IM stat. Available: Lasix labeled 20mg/2ml. How much will you administer? 8ng = /20 mg Eng (am() = 20mg ame aml = 20mg - Ting 3. A client is ordered...
The physician’s order reads: Aminophylline 80 mg/hr IV. The drug is supplied in a bag containing 500 mg of Aminophylline in 50 mL of solution. a) What is the concentration (mg/mL) of Aminophylline in the bag? b) At what rate (mL/hr) would you deliver the medication? 10 mg/mL , 8 mL/hr 50mg/ml, 30ml/hr 50mg/ml, 10ml/hr 10mg/ml, 10ml/hr
The order reads: 900mL NS IV 5 hr. Calculate the flow rate in millimeters per hour when the drop factor is 10 drops per milliliter. The rate ordered by the physician is 80 microdrops per minute. How many milliliters per hour will this patient receive? 1,000 mL of NS must infuse via IV over 8 hours. The drop factor is 20 gtt/mL. Find the flow rate in gtt/min. An infusion of 5% D/W begins with 300 mL in the IV...
20. The order reads: azithromycin 7.2 mg/kg po qd. Each capsule contains 250 milligrams. How many capsules will you prepare of this antiviral drug for a patient weighing 154 pounds?
The order is penicillin 50,000 units. The vial reads penicillin 500,000 units. Add 4.3 ml to yield 5 ml. How many ml do you give The order is ampicillin 0.4 mg/kg. The patient weighs 38.5 pounds. The bottle reads ampicillin 10 mg/ml. How many ml do you give? Phenytoin (Dilantin) 5 mg/kg is ordered for a 40-pound child. It is to be administered in three equal doses. The drug is available in an oral suspension containing 125 mg/ml. How many...
1.The order is chloral hydrate 200 mg. The bottle reads chloral hydrate 0.1 g/capsule. How many capsules do you give? 2.The nurse is preparing to administer IV fluids to the 13 kg child who has dehydration. The daily IV fluid requirement is to administer 1000 ml + 50 ml/kg over 10 kg. How many milliliters should the nurse calculate to administer the IV therapy correctly?