Problem 1: You are caring for a patient that has an order for Garamycin 40mg IM every 6 hours for management of an infection. The recommended dose is 6mg/kg/day to 7mg/kg/day in 4 equally divided doses. If your patient weighs 47lbs, is the Garamycin dose ordered within the recommended dose range?
Problem 2: Madison is admitted to your unit for hypotension. Her MAR reads: Administer 400ml of NS with 20 mEq potassium over 3 hours. Your unit supplies 10gtt/ml tubing. What is the drip rate in gtt/hr? Round to the nearest whole number. Enter numeric value only
Problem 3: A child weighs 44 lb and has an order for IV methylprednisolone sodium succinate (Solu-Medrol). The order is for 0.03 mg/kg/day. How many milligrams of medication should be administered? Round to the nearest tenth. Enter numeric value only.
Problem 4: Following the delivery of the baby you are asked to add 10 units of Pitocin to the patients IV. Pitocin is available in 10 units/ml. How many milliliters would you add to the IV bag? Enter numeric value only.
Problem 5: The provider ordered Clindamycin (Cleocin) 175mg PO QHS. Given the medication label listed below, how many ml should be administered? Round to nearest tenth. Enter numeric value only
Problem 6: The physician ordered Lasix (furosemide) 2.5 mg/kg IV, q 8 hours for a child who weighs 28 pounds. How many milligrams of Lasix should the nurse administer in a 24-hour period? Round to the nearest whole number. Enter numeric value only.