A primary healthcare provider prescribes an enteral feeding formula to a client. A nurse finds that the formula's full strength concentration volume is 250 mL.

How much water should the nurse add to the formula to dilute it to half strength?

A nurse-midwife orders Stadol (butorphanol) 1 mg IV push every 3-4 hours as needed for pain. The nurse has Stadol available as 2 mg/mL injectable solution. How many milliliters should the nurse administer to the patient?

A client is receiving intravenous infusion of 1.5 L saline solution at a rate of 75 mL/hr.
How many hours will it take to finish the infusion at the current rate?

Which unit of measurement is equal to one milligram (mg)?

A nurse will administer Nubain (nalbuphine) 0.3 mg/kg IV over 10 minutes. The Nubain is available in 10 mg/mL. The patient weighs 148 lb.
How many milliliters per minute of Nubain should the nurse administer?

A primary healthcare provider prescribes 15 g/day niacinamide to a client. Upon checking the medication bottle, the nurse finds that each tablet contains 500 mg and has a score mark. How should the nurse administer the prescribed dose?

A vial contains 1.5 g of ceftriaxone. The final concentration after adding diluent should be 600 mg/3 mL. How much diluent should a nurse add to achieve this concentration?

At 9:00 a.m. a nurse starts an intravenous (IV) infusion for a client at the rate of 120 mL/hr. If the volume of the fluid is 0.75 L, when will this infusion be completed?

A primary healthcare provider prescribes 0.02 mg/kg tid glycopyrolate to a child with chronic severe drooling. A nurse finds that the child weighs 44 lb. Upon seeing the drug label, the nurse finds that 5 mL of medication contains 1 mg of drug.

What should the nurse do to provide safe medication to the child?

A client diagnosed with tuberculosis is prescribed rifampin, 4 mg/kg. 8 hourly for 6 days. The client weighs 43 kg. How many 100 mg bottles of rifampin will be required for this client?

Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Cefuroxime is available as a suspension of 25 mg in 2 mL. A mother informs a nurse that she gives her child 2 tsp of the suspension once a day orally.

What is the dose that the child receives?