Problem
A. Heparin is infusing at 1450 units/hr. The solution contains 50,000 units of heparin in 250 mL of NS. Determine milliliters per hour for the intravenous heparin drip.
B. During resuscitation the doctor orders Narcan 0.1 mg/kg to be given to the newborn. You have an ampule of Narcan labeled 0.4mg/mL. The infant weights 2430 gm. How much medication will you give?
C. An infant weighs 20 lbs, 13 oz. You determine that 20 Ibs, 13 oz. is equivalent to _____kg.
D. Testosterone is available in a 10 mL ampule labeled 100 mg in 1 mL. 300 mg of testosterone must be prepared. How many mL should you withdraw from the ampule in preparing the drug?
E. 3,000,000 units of penicillin G must be prepared. The penicillin G is available in a vial of powdered drug containing 10,000,000 units. Directions accompanying the drug state: Add 5.4 mL of diluent to yield 1,000,000 units in 1 mL. How many mL should you withdraw from the vial after reconstituting the drug as directed?
F. You are to administer MgS04 (magnesium sulfate) IVPB at 1Gm. per hour. You are to add 20gm of MgS04 to 500mL. DSLR. You have a 10mL vial of 50% MgS04 on hand. (50% MgS04 = 50gm/100mL). How much fluid will you add? At what rate will you infuse the IVPB?
G. The order is for Gentamycin 80mg IVPB in 100mL g 8 hours and to run over 30 minutes. Calculate the infusion rate. Calculate the drip rate in gtts/min ltubing delivers
H. An IV will be administered using an infusion pump that delivers mL per hour. Dextrose 2.5% in water has been prescribed to run IV at a rate of 43 mL per 30 minutes. The IV should infuse at how many mL per hour?
I. 200 ml of dextrose 5% in lactated Ringer's has been prescribed for IV infusion over 1 hour. You are using an IV administration set that delivers 20 drops per mL. You run the IV at drops per minute.
J. 20 units of Pitocin (oxylocin) has been added to devrose 5% in water. The final solution has a volume of 1,000 mL. You realize that the IV solution contains ____units of Pitocin per mI
K. An IV of dextrose 5% in water containing 10 units of Pitocin (oxytocin) and a total volume Of 1,000 ml is to be infused at a rate of 0.01 units per minute. At how many mI per hour will you infuse the IV?
L. You are to start Pitocin IV at 1 ml/min, and you have added I0U of Pitocin to 1000mL D5LR. At what rate (mI/hr) will you START the infusion?