What would you teach the patient and the patients family


1. A client weighs 181.1 pounds. How many kilograms does the client weigh ? ____________

2. The client is to receive Digoxin 0.5 mg po. The medication is available as digoxin 0.125 mg per tablet.
How many tablets will the nurse administer ?________________________

3a. Keppra 500 mg po Q.I.D. is prescribed for a client. The only available stock is elixir,Keppra 100 mg / ml. How many teaspoons will the nurse administer per dose? ___________

3b. How many milliliters are given in 3 days ? ____________

3c. How many milligrams will the client receive in 3 days ? ___________

4a. The order reads "Lasix 60 mg IVP stat" What does this mean ? ___________________________

4b. If your stock is dispensed in 20 mg / ml ampoules and the ampule contains 2 ml. How many ml are to be administered ? ________________________

5. What is the major difference between an ampule and a vial ? ___________________________

6a. Brilinta 180 mg as a loading dose is prescribed for a client, to be followed by 90 mg poqd for 2 days, then a 5 day course of 45 mg poqd. Your available stock is Brilinta 90 mg scored tablets.How many tablets are given in the loading dose ? ___________________

6b. How many tablets are given for the entire duration of the prescribed course ? ______________

7. D5W /0.9 NS is prescribed to infuse over 10 hours. If the nurse hangs a 1 liter bag, how many ml/hour will the infuse run ? _____________________

8. 0.45 NS is prescribed at 75 ml / hour. Using microdrip tubing, how many gtts / min will the nurse infuse ? __________________________

9. A bolus dose of Lactated ringers 20 ml / kg IV is prescribed to infuse over one hour. The client weighs 124 pounds. How many milliliters will infuse for the bolus ? _________________

10. D5W / 0.9 NS is prescribed at 150 ml/hour. The nurse is using a macrodrip tubing of 20 gtts /ml. How manygtts / min will the nurse infuse ? ________________________

11. 0.9% NS is prescribed at 125 ml / hour. The available tubing has a drop factor of 15 gtts / ml. How manygtts / min will be infused using this tubing ? ___________________________

12. Manitol solution is prescribed at 250 ml/hour for a client with a head injury. The available tubing is 10 gtts/ml. How many gtts / min will be infused ? ____________________

13. A client is to receive Epogen 60,000 unitssubq as a standing order with each hemodialysis session. The dialysis schedule is a four hour session starting at 6 am Mon, Wed, Fri each week.

Today is Monday November 1st and the client will be going out of town on November 22nd at 7pm. How many dialysis sessions will the client attend between November 1st and November 23rd ?___________________

How many ampules of Epogen will be used at each session ?_________________

How many ampules will be used in total ? ________________________

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