Pharmacology and the Nursing Process 7th Edition by Linda Lane Lilley, Shelly Rainforth Collins, Julie S. Snyder

Exercise 1

A patient is in the emergency department with new-onset rapid rate atrial fibrillation. The nurse is about to add a con- tinuous infusion of diltiazem (Cardizem) at 5 mg/hr, but must first give a bolus of 0.25 mg/kg over 2 minutes. The patient weighs 220 pounds. The medication comes in a vial of 5 mg/mL. How many milligrams will the patient receive, and how many milliliters will the nurse draw up for this dose?