University:
Hunter College CUNY
Course:
CHEM 106 | General Chemistry Laboratory
Academic year:

2019
Views:

290

Pages:

2
Author:

Alma Stephenson

1). You are caring for a patient at home who must take magnesium hydroxide/aluminum hydroxide (Maalox) 30 mL PO. How will you instruct the patient to measure the dose using ordinary house-hold measuring devices? Answer: Instruct the patient to take 2 Tbsp. 2). You have an order to administer 1 L of Dextrose 5% in 0.45 normal saline IV over 16 hours. How many milliliters per hour will you set on the IV infusion controller? Answer: 63 mL/hour 3). You have an order to administer 1 L of D5W IV over 8 hours. How many drops per minute will you set if you are using tubing with a drop factor of 15? Answer: 31 drops/minute 4). Your order reads gatiﬂoxacin (Tequin) 400 mg IV daily. It arrives in 50 mL of D5W, to run over30 minutes. How many drops per minute will you set if you have tubing with a drop factor of 10? Answer: 17 gtts/minute 5). You have an order to administer heparin sodium IV at 1000 units per hour. It is supplied by your pharmacy as 25,000 units in 250 mL of D5W. For how many milliliters per hour should you pro-gram the controller? Answer: 10 mL/hour 6). Your patient has an order for heparin SC 2500 units bid. You have on hand heparin 5000units/mL. How many milliliters will you administer? Answer: 0.5 mL 7). You evaluate a patient’s intake and output for 8 hours. Intake for 8 hours:3 8-oz cups of coffee4 oz orange juice ¾ cup of milk 8 oz tomato soup 1/2 cup Jello 2 cups of water 750 mL of 0.9% normal saline IV. How many milliliters should you record as intake? Answer: 2610 mL intake 8). The physician orders codeine gr ¼ IM every 4 hours prn for a patient with pain. You have on hand codeine gr ½ per mL. What is the correct dose? Answer: 0.5 mL 9). A patient is receiving 250,000 units of penicillin G IM every 6 hours. You have on hand 300,000units/mL. How much will you draw into the syringe? Answer: 0.8 mL 10). A patient has a primary IV of dextrose in water 1000 mL to be infused over 24 hours. What would be the drip rate using tubing with a drop factor of 60? Answer: 42 gtts/minute