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Oral Dosages Oral Dosages

Order: lnderal 60 mg mg PO Daily Order: Carafate 1000 mg BID.
Available: see label Available: see label

How many tablet(s)will you administer per

How many tablet(s) will you administer per dose?
dose?
How many mg is equivalent to 1 g?

Oral Dosages Oral Dosages

Order: Clonazepam 1.5 mg PO TID Order: Dilantin 375 mg PO QID
Available: see label Available: See label

How many tablet(s) will you administer per How many mL will you administer per dose?
dose?
How many grams will the patient receive in 24h?
How many mg will you administer per day?

Oral Dosages Oral Dosages

Order: Levothroid 0.112 mg PO Daily Order: Hydromorphone 6mg SR PO BID.
Available: see label Available : Hydromorphone 3mg and Hydromorphone
3mg SR.

Which tablet will you select?

How many tablets will your administer per dose?

How many mcg is equivalent to 0.112 mg?
How many milligrams per day will the patient receive?
How many tablet(s) will you administer per
dose?

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Oral Dosages Oral Dosages

Order: Naproxen PO BID 750 mg BID Order: Keflex 0.75 g PO QID
Available: see label. Available: see label

How many grams of Keflex will the patient receive per

day?
How many tablet(s) would you administer per dose?
How many milligrams will the patient receive per day?
How many grams is equal to 750 mg?
How many tablet(s) would you administer per dose?

Parenteral Dosages Parenteral Dosages

Order: Thiamine 0.5 grams IV daily. Order: Demerol 60 mg IM q4h prn.
Available: see label Available: see label

How many milligrams equal 0.5 grams?

How many mL will you administer per dose?
How many mL will you administer per dose?
What syringe will you select to administer this
What syringe will you select? medication?

Parenteral Dosages Parenteral Dosages

Order: Gentamicin 100 mg IV BID Order: Procaine penicillin G 450,000 units IM TID
Available: see label Available: see label

How many mL will you administer per dose?

How many mL will you administer per dose?
What route is ordered?
How many mg will the patient receive per day?
What is the frequency of this medication?

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Parenteral Dosages Parenteral Dosages

Order: Atropine sulfate 0.14 mg subcutaneous stat Order: Lovenox 1mg/kg q 12 hours . The patient
Available: see label weighs 176 lb.
Available: see label

How many mL will you administer per dose? How many kg does the patient weigh?

What syringe will you use? How many milligrams should the patient receive per
dose?
What is the frequency of this medication?
How many mL will you administer per dose?

Parenteral Dosages Parenteral Dosages

Order: Bicillin 3,600,000 units IV QID Order: Heparin 3500 units subcutaneous BID.
Available: see label Available: see label

How many mL will you administer per dose? How many mL will you administer per dose?

How many units will you administer per day? How many units will the patient receive per day?

Parenteral Dosages Parenteral Dosages

Order: Lispro 16 units subcutaneous stat. Order: Lantus 10 units subcutaneous HS
Available: see label Available: see label

How many units of Lantus will you administer?

How many units of Novrapid will you administer?

What does HS mean?

What syringe will you use to administer the insulin?

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Parenteral Dosages Parenteral Dosages

Order: Solu-Medrol 75 mg IV q6h. Order: Glycopyrrolate 0.3 mg IM Daily
Available: see label Available: see label

How much Solu-Medrol should you give per dose?

How many mL will you administer per dose?

Reconstitution Reconstiution
Order: Ancef 750 mg IM BID Order: Ceftriaxone 900 mg IV Daily
Reconstitute with Reconstitute with
Final concentration Final concentration
Give Give

Reconstitution IV Flow Rates

Order: Cefadyl 675 mg IM Q6h Order: RL 500 mL to infuse over 4 hours via an
Reconstitute with infusion pump. Calculate the flow rate.
Final concentration
Give

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IV Flow Rates IV Flow Rates

Order: D5W 1 L to infuse over 12 hours via an Order: Morphine 6 mg dissolved in 100 mL of NS
infusion pump. Calculate the flow rate. to infuse over 45 minutes via an infusion pump.
Calculate the flow rate.

IV Flow Rates IV Flow Rates

Order: Gravol 50 mg dissolved in 50 mL of NS to Order: Ceftriaxone 1G dissolved in 250 mL of NS
infuse over 20 minutes via an infusion pump. to infuse over 2 hours via the infusion pump.
Calculate the flow rate Calculate the flow rate.

IV Flow Rates IV Flow Rates

Order: Normal Saline 1000 to infuse at 100 Order: RL 1000 mL to infuse at 150 mL/h. Using
mL/h. Using tubing with a drop factor of 10 tubing with a drop factor of 15 gtt/mL, calculate
gtt/mL, calculate the flow rate. the flow rate.

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IV Flow Rates
Order: Benadryl 25 mg dissolved in 50 mL of NS
to infuse over 15 minutes. The drop factor is 10
gtt/ml, calculate the flow rate.
IV Flow Rates
Order: Penicillin 1,000,000 units dissolved in NS
100 mL to infuse over 40 minutes. The drop
factor is 20 gtt/mL. Calculate the flow rate
Pediatric Dosages
Order: Gentamycin 40mg IV q8h for a child who weighs
16kg. The recommended dosage of Gentamycin is 5-
7mg/kg/day in 3 equally divided doses.
Recommended minimum single dose
Recommended maximum single dose
Is the dosage safe?
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IV Flow Rates
Order: Ampicillin 500 mg dissolved in 200 mL
D5W to infuse over 20 minutes. The drop factor
is 10 gtt/mL, calculate the flow rate.
Pediatric Dosages
Order: Phenytoin 150 mg PO BID for a child who weighs 65 lb. The
recommended dosage is 10-15 mg/kg/day. The Phenytoin is available in 250
mg/10 mL
Childs weight in kg
Recommended minimum daily dosage
Recommended minimum single dosage
Recommended maximum daily dosage
Recommended maximum single dosage
Is the medication safe to give. Explain your rationale?
How many mL will you administer per dose?
The Rules
• Weight is rounded to 10 th
• Must know rule of 5 for rounding
• Under 1mL rounded to 100th
• Above 1mL rounded to 10 th
• All tablets are scored unless otherwise indicated
• All medications are per dose unless otherwise stated
• Must know abbreviations for time: TID, BID, QID
• Must know the line & conversions (grams to milligrams)
• Must know which syringe you will select for IM & SC
• Must know IV flow rate rules
• Must know pediatric dosage steps
• Must know reconstitution