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Dosage Calculations

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Question 1:

A nurse is preparing to administer a medication with a recommended dose of 5 mg/kg. The client weighs 70 kg. How many mg of the medication should the nurse administer?

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lelar: that is the correct answer ~ 11mos ago

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Question 2:

A nurse is preparing to administer a liquid medication with a concentration of 250 mg/5 mL. The prescribed dose is 500 mg. How many mL of the medication should the nurse administer?

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A nurse is preparing to administer medication with a recommended dose of 10mg/kg. The client weighs 50kg. How many mg of medication should be administered?

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A nurse is preparing to administer a liquid medication with a concentration of100mg/2mL.The prescribed dose is200mg.How many mL of medication should be administered?

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A nurse needs to administer an IV infusion at a rate of 125mL/hr. How many drops per minute should be delivered if the drop factor of the tubing set is 15gtt/mL?

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A client has been prescribed an oral suspension with a concentration of 250 mg/5mL. The prescribed dose for the client’s weight and condition is 750 mg. How many teaspoons (tsp)of suspension should be administered?

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Question 7:

A nurse needs to administer an IV infusion at a rate of1000mL over8hours. How many mL/hr should be delivered?

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A client has been prescribed a medication with a recommended dose of 2mg/kg. The client weighs 60 kg. How many mg of medication should be administered?

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Question 9:

A nurse needs to administer an IV infusion at a rate of 2000mL over 12 hours. How many mL/hr should be delivered?

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Question 10:

A nurse needs to administer an IV push medication over 3 minutes. The total volume to be administered is 6mL. How many mL/min should be delivered?

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Anonymous User: the explanation states the answer is 2ml/min but 1ml/min is marked as the correct answer. ~ 9mos ago

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Sanchara: Why it is 1ml/min, I don't see the explanation for this questions ~ 10mos ago

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