University:
West Coast University
Course:
NURS 180 | Pharmacology
Academic year:

2021
Views:

250

Pages:

2
Author:

Marin Mason

1. A patient is sent home on captopril (Capoten), 6.25 mg PO bid. Her pharmacist dispenses 25 mg scored tablets. How many should the patient take for each dose? Answer: ¼ tablet 2. An IVPB of ranitidine (Zantac) 50 mg in 100 mL D5W is to run over 45 minutes. The tubing has a drip factor of 15. How many drops per minute should you deliver? Answer: 33 gtts/minute 3. You have an order for Phenobarbital 50 mg PO at bedtime. It is supplied as Phenobarbital elixir20 mg/5 mL. How much will you administer? Answer: 12.5 mL 4. You are providing home care for a patient who needs to mix her oral psyllium hydrophilic mucil-loid (Metamucil) in 180 mL of water or juice. She has only standard measuring cups in the house. How do you instruct her to take her dose? Answer: 0.75 or ¾ cup 5. You need to administer lorazepam (Ativan) 3 mg IM to an agitated patient. You have on hand 4mg/mL. How much do you prepare? Answer: 0.8 mL 6. You need to administer 125 mg of methylprednisolone sodium succinate (Solu-Medrol) IV pushbid to a patient with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. You have on hand 40 mg/mL. How much do you prepare? Answer: 3.1 mL 7. A patient is to receive IV heparin now for a blood clot in the leg. It is ordered at 11 mL/hour. Until the IV infusion controller is available. How many drops per minute will you run on micro-drip tubing? Answer: 11 gtts/minute 8. A patient has a bottle of warfarin (Coumadin) 5 mg tablets at home. After his most recent inter-national normalized ratio (INR), the doctor calls and tells him to take 7.5 mg/day. How many tables should the patient take? Answer: 1.5 tablets 9. You need to administer IV piperacillin sodium/tazobactam sodium (Zosyn) 3.375 g in 50 mLD5W to run over 20 minutes. How many drops per minute do you set if the IV tubing has a drop factor of 15? Answer: 38 gtts/minute 10. Your patient is taking acetaminophen (Tylenol) gr 15 every 6 hours PO for headache pain. You know the maximum safe dose is 4 g in 24 hours. Is the dose safe? Answer: 4 g/day – This is the upper limit of a safe dose.