Module 1 Dosage Calculations Assignment
1. A client's intake was the following:
3/4 cup of coffee (cup = 8 oz)
1 can of ginger ale (1 can = 12 oz)
1/2 glass of cranberry juice (glass = 6 oz)
How many milliliters will you record on the intake and output (I&O) sheet? ____________________ mL
2. Calculate the following dosage.
Order: Zantac 300 mg p.o daily at bedtime.
Available:150 mg tablets how much will you administer?
Dosage: ____________________
3. Calculate the following dosage.
Order: Synthroid 0.15 mg p.o daily.
Available: Synthroid tablets labeled 75 mcg.
Dosage: ____________________ tab(s)
4. Calculate the following dosage.
Order: Diazepam 4 mg via nasogastric tube t.i.d.
Available: Diazepam oral solution 5 mg/5 mL
5. How many milliliters should the client receive per dosage? ____________________ mL
6. How many milligrams will the client receive per day? ____________________ mg/day
7. Calculate the following dosage.
Order: Diazepam 4 mg via nasogastric tube t.i.d.
Available: Diazepam oral solution 5 mg/5 mL
8. How many milliliters should the client receive per dosage? ____________________ mL
9. How many milligrams will the client receive per day? ____________________ mg/day
10. Calculate the following dosage.
Order: Norvasc 5 mg p.o daily.
Available: 2.5 mg
Dosage: ____________________
11. Calculate the following dosage.
Order: Pindolol 5 mg p.o bid for 1 week; then increase to 10 mg bid the second week.
Available: Pindolol tablets labeled 5 mg
12. How many tablets will the client need for the first week? ____________________ tab(s)
13. How many tablets will the client need for the second week? ____________________ tab(s)
14. Calculate the following dosage.
Order: Coreg 6.25 mg p.o bid.
Available: Coreg tablets labeled 3.125 mg
15. How many tablets should the client receive per dosage? ____________________ tab(s)
16. How many milligrams will the client receive per day? ____________________ mg per day
17. Calculate the dosage.
Order: Lovenox 50 mg subcutaneous bid.
Available: Lovenox labeled 60 mg/0.6 mL
How many milliliters will you administer? ____________________ mL
18. Calculate the dosage.
Order: Furosemide 15 mg IM every day.
Available: Furosemide labeled 20 mg/2 mL
How many milliliters will you administer? ____________________ mL
19. Calculate the dosage and shade the dosage on the syringe where provided.
Order: Pancuronium 1.6 mg IV stat.
Available: Pancuronium labeled 2 mg/mL
20. How many milliliters will you administer? ____________________ mL
21. Shade in the dosage on the syringe.
22. Calculate the dosage and shade the dosage on the syringe where provided.
Order: Heparin 3500 units subcutaneous q 8h.
Available: Heparin labeled 5000 units/mL
How many milliliters will you administer? ____________________ mL
23. Calculate the dosage.
Order: Heparin 45,000 units IV in 500 mL D5W.
Available: Heparin labeled 10,000 units/mL
How many milliliters will you add to the IV? ____________________ mL
24. Order is for Augmentin 200 mg.
Available 125mg/5 ml
How many mL will you give? _________________________mL
(Round to the nearest tenth)
25. Ordered NS 1000 ml over 12 hours.
Drop factor 15gtt/ml.
What will be the drip rate per minute? __________________
26. Ordered Vancomycin 1 GM in 250 ml NS to infuse over one hour.
Drop factor 10gtts/ml. Calculate the drip rate to the nearest whole
number _______________
27. Ordered Morphine Sulfate 6 mg IM.
Available 10mg/ml
How much will you administer? ______________________ ml
28. Order 450 mg
Available 250mg/15 ml.
How much will you administer? _________________________________
29. Ordered Digoxin 0.25 mg
Available 0.5mg/2ml
How much will you administer? ____________________
30. Ordered Ampicillin 8 mg.
Available 125mg/25ml
How much will you administer? _______________________
31. Ordered Erthromycin 250mg po Q 6 hours
Available 300mg/5ml
How much will you administer? __________________________
32. Ordered Gentamycin 500 mg
Available: 250mg/5ml
How much will you administer? __________________________
33. Ordered Lactated Ringers 1000ml to infuse over 8 hours
Drop factor 60gtts/ml
What will the drip rate be per minute? _____________________
34. Ordered Synthroid 0.05 mg
Available Synthroid 50mcg
What will you administer? ____________________
35. Ordered KCL 40meq daily
Available 10meq/tablet
How much will you administer? ________________________
36. Ordered Reglan 5 mg IV push
Available: Reglan 10mg/2 ml
How much will you administer? _____________________
37. Ordered: Cogentin 1.5mg to be given IM
Available: Cogentin 2mg /2ml
How much will you administer? _________________________
38. The physician writes an order for heparin 900units/hr. The label on the I.V. bag reads: Heparin
10,000 units in 500 mL D5W. How many mL/hr. will deliver the correct dose?
39. Give Regular insulin by continuous I.V. infusion at 20units/hr. The solution is 250 mL NS
with 100 units of Regular insulin. What rate on the infusion pump will deliver the correct dose?
40. Give Ceclor 45 mg/kg/day p.o. in 3 divided doses for a patient who weighs 66 pounds. A 75 mL
stock medication is labeled Ceclor 125 mg/mL. How many mL would the nurse administer per
dose?