Question 1

You have been assigned to a surgical ward and you are working with a registered nurse in the peri-operative bay. Four clients have surgery booked for today, and two are recovering from surgery yesterday. The registered nurse asks you to assist with medications by checking her calculations.
-Mrs Main's premedication is due. She has been ordered 60 mg of intramuscular pethidine and 500 mcg of Atropine. If stock of pethidine is 50 mg/ml, what volume should be drawn up?

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Question 2

You have been assigned to a surgical ward and you are working with a registered nurse in the peri-operative bay. Four clients have surgery booked for today, and two are recovering from surgery yesterday. The registered nurse asks you to assist with medications by checking her calculations.
-Atropine is available as 0.5 mg/ml. What volume of this drug is required for this order?

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Question 3

You have been assigned to a surgical ward and you are working with a registered nurse in the peri-operative bay. Four clients have surgery booked for today, and two are recovering from surgery yesterday. The registered nurse asks you to assist with medications by checking her calculations.
-Mandy Richards had abdominal surgery yesterday, and she asks you for 'something for her nausea'. Intramuscular metoclopramide (Maxolon) 4 mg has been ordered. If stock in the ward is 10 mg/2 ml, what volume of this medication should she be given?

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Question 4

You have been assigned to a surgical ward and you are working with a registered nurse in the peri-operative bay. Four clients have surgery booked for today, and two are recovering from surgery yesterday. The registered nurse asks you to assist with medications by checking her calculations.
-Mandy's pain relief medication completed two hours ago and she tells the registered nurse that her pain is troublesome. Subcutaneous morphine, 6 mg, may be given. If stock available is 10 mg/ml, what volume is required for this order?

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Question 5

You have been assigned to a surgical ward and you are working with a registered nurse in the peri-operative bay. Four clients have surgery booked for today, and two are recovering from surgery yesterday. The registered nurse asks you to assist with medications by checking her calculations.
-Ms Fisher's premedication is now due. She has been ordered Papaveretum 16 mg and Hyoscine 0.4 mg. If Papaveretum is available 20 mg/ml, what volume should be drawn up?

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Question 6

You have been assigned to a surgical ward and you are working with a registered nurse in the peri-operative bay. Four clients have surgery booked for today, and two are recovering from surgery yesterday. The registered nurse asks you to assist with medications by checking her calculations.
-Hyocine is available as 400 mcg/ml. What volume of this medication is required?

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Question 7

You have been assigned to a surgical ward and you are working with a registered nurse in the peri-operative bay. Four clients have surgery booked for today, and two are recovering from surgery yesterday. The registered nurse asks you to assist with medications by checking her calculations.
-Mrs Cootes, who is to have surgery to remove gallstones this afternoon, is in pain. She is permitted intramuscular Hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan), 14 mg, and morphine 8 mg 4/24 PRN. If Buscopan is available as 20 mg/ml, what volume of this medication is required?

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Question 8

You have been assigned to a surgical ward and you are working with a registered nurse in the peri-operative bay. Four clients have surgery booked for today, and two are recovering from surgery yesterday. The registered nurse asks you to assist with medications by checking her calculations.
-Morphine for Mrs Cootes is available as 10 mg/ml. What volume should be drawn up for this order?

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Question 9

You have been assigned to a surgical ward and you are working with a registered nurse in the peri-operative bay. Four clients have surgery booked for today, and two are recovering from surgery yesterday. The registered nurse asks you to assist with medications by checking her calculations.
-Mrs Oliver had an abdominal hysterectomy yesterday. Her pain is controlled by a PCA apparatus but she is having trouble with nausea. She is permitted 7.5 mg of intravenous metoclopramide (Maxolon) 6/24 PRN. If stock is 10 mg/2 ml, what volume is required for this order?

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Question 10

You have been assigned to a surgical ward and you are working with a registered nurse in the peri-operative bay. Four clients have surgery booked for today, and two are recovering from surgery yesterday. The registered nurse asks you to assist with medications by checking her calculations.
-Mrs Oliver is to have 7500 units of subcutaneous Heparin each day. If stock on hand is 5000 units/0.2 ml, what volume should be drawn up?

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Question 11

Ms Rachel Anderson is a young lady who has been transferred to the ward from ICU following a motor vehicle accident where she sustained fractures to her pelvis and left femur. Rachel has an infusion in progress and has medications to limit infection and relieve pain. You are caring for her under the guidance of a registered nurse.
-When you visit Rachel after handover, she asks for Panadol to relieve her headache. She is permitted 1 gram of paracetamol 4/24 PRN for mild to moderate pain. Stock is 500 mg tablets. How should this order be interpreted?

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