Question 1

You are working in a surgical bay caring for five clients under the guidance of a registered nurse. Today, she has asked you to take particular notice of the intravenous fluid management of the clients in your care.
-Mrs Main had surgery yesterday to remove a tumour from her bowel. She is currently having nil by mouth, and has a 1 L bag of 5% dextrose infusing over a 6-hour period. How many ml/hour should be run into the burette each hour?

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Question 2

You are working in a surgical bay caring for five clients under the guidance of a registered nurse. Today, she has asked you to take particular notice of the intravenous fluid management of the clients in your care.
-The drop factor for Mrs Main's giving set is 20 drops/ml. How fast should this infusion drip per minute, to deliver the volume per hour that has been ordered?

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Question 3

You are working in a surgical bay caring for five clients under the guidance of a registered nurse. Today, she has asked you to take particular notice of the intravenous fluid management of the clients in your care.
-Mandy Richards is up and about today. You check her infusion and note that it is dripping at the rate of 30 drops/minute. The giving set for the line in use is 20 drops/ml. How many ml/hour would 30 drops/minute deliver?

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Question 4

You are working in a surgical bay caring for five clients under the guidance of a registered nurse. Today, she has asked you to take particular notice of the intravenous fluid management of the clients in your care.
-Mandy is keen to walk to the kiosk but wants to wait until her infusion is removed. If 60 ml remain in the infusion bag and it is dripping at the rate of 30 drops/minute, when will the infusion complete?

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Question 5

You are working in a surgical bay caring for five clients under the guidance of a registered nurse. Today, she has asked you to take particular notice of the intravenous fluid management of the clients in your care.
-Ms Fisher, who had her tonsils removed yesterday, is also up and about. Her infusion is to continue because she is not drinking as much as the staff would like her to drink. She has 1 L of 0.9% sodium chloride running, and this infusion is to last for 10 hours. What volume/hour should be delivered?

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Question 6

You are working in a surgical bay caring for five clients under the guidance of a registered nurse. Today, she has asked you to take particular notice of the intravenous fluid management of the clients in your care.
-The drop factor for Ms Fisher's giving set is 20 drops/ml. How many drops/minute will deliver her fluid order?

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Question 7

You are working in a surgical bay caring for five clients under the guidance of a registered nurse. Today, she has asked you to take particular notice of the intravenous fluid management of the clients in your care.
-Mrs Cootes also has an infusion in progress. The 1 L of 0.9% sodium chloride is to be delivered over an 8-hour period. How many ml/hour is required from this order?

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Question 8

You are working in a surgical bay caring for five clients under the guidance of a registered nurse. Today, she has asked you to take particular notice of the intravenous fluid management of the clients in your care.
-If the drop factor for Mrs Cootes's giving set is 20 drops/ml, how fast should this infusion drip?

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Question 9

You are working in a surgical bay caring for five clients under the guidance of a registered nurse. Today, she has asked you to take particular notice of the intravenous fluid management of the clients in your care.
-The registered nurse adds 10 ml of antibiotic solution to the 30 ml of fluid remaining in the burette on Mrs Cootes's infusion. You are asked to infuse this medicated solution over a 10-minute period. Remembering that the drop factor for this line is 20 drops/ml, how fast will this infusion need to drip to deliver the ordered dose in the prescribed time?

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Question 10

You are working in a surgical bay caring for five clients under the guidance of a registered nurse. Today, she has asked you to take particular notice of the intravenous fluid management of the clients in your care.
-Mrs Cootes has a secondary line delivering Heparin. The 250 ml bag of 0.9% sodium chloride contains 10 000 units of Heparin and is to last for 12 hours. How fast will this solution need to drip to deliver the medication in the prescribed time, if a microdropper is in use?

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Question 11

Mrs Jones is ordered 1.6 mg/day of drug A, to be given in four equally divided doses. Each dose of medication is

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To find the dose per administration, divide the total daily dose by the number of doses per day: 1.6 mg/day divided by 4 equals 0.4 mg per dose. Since 1 mg equals 1000 mcg, 0.4 mg equals 400 mcg.

Question 12

Mrs Jones is also to have 125 mcg of drug B. Stock in the ward is 0.25 mg tablets. She should be given

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125 mcg is equivalent to 0.125 mg. Since each tablet is 0.25 mg, Mrs. Jones should be given 0.125 mg / 0.25 mg per tablet = 1/2 tablet.

Question 13

Stock of drug C is 0.6 g tablets. Mrs Jones is to have 600 mg of this drug BD. BD means that she will have this medication

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BD in medical prescription terms stands for "bis in die," which is Latin for "twice a day." Therefore, if Mrs. Jones is to have 600 mg of drug C BD, she will take it twice per day.

Question 14

Q3
Stock of drug C is 0.6 g tablets. Mrs Jones is to have 600 mg of this drug BD
-With reference to Q3, Mrs Jones should be given

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1 tablet of drug C is 0.6 g, which is equivalent to 600 mg. Therefore, to administer a 600 mg dose, Mrs. Jones should be given 1 tablet per dose.

Question 15

Mrs Jones is to have 375 mg of drug D. Stock in the ward is 0.75 g tablets. She should be given

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Question 16

Mary is five years old
-Mary is to have 250 mg of drug E. Stock in the ward is a mixture with 25 mg of drug E per 1 ml of mixture. The volume of this medication per dose should be

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To find the volume of the medication per dose, divide the required dose (250 mg) by the concentration of the drug in the mixture (25 mg/ml): 250 mg ÷ 25 mg/ml = 10 ml.

Question 17

Mary is five years old
-Mary is also ordered drug F, at the rate of 20 mg per kilogram of body weight per day. If Mary weighs 25 kg, her daily dose of drug F would be

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Mary's daily dose of drug F is calculated by multiplying her body weight (25 kg) by the prescribed rate (20 mg/kg). This equals 500 mg (25 kg * 20 mg/kg = 500 mg).

Question 18

Mary is five years old
-Mary is to have drug F, QID. This means that the medication will be given

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QID stands for "quater in die" which is Latin for "four times a day," indicating that the medication should be administered four times daily.

Question 19

Mary is five years old
-A single dose of drug F for Mary would contain

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Question 20

Mary is five years old
-Available stock of drug F for Mary is a mixture with a concentration of 25 mg per ml. The volume of this medication that should be poured each dose is

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Quiz 2: Medications

Mrs Jones is ordered 1.6 mg/day of drug A, to be given in four equally divided doses. Each dose of medication is

Mrs Jones is also to have 125 mcg of drug B. Stock in the ward is 0.25 mg tablets. She should be given

Stock of drug C is 0.6 g tablets. Mrs Jones is to have 600 mg of this drug BD. BD means that she will have this medication

Q3 Stock of drug C is 0.6 g tablets. Mrs Jones is to have 600 mg of this drug BD -With reference to Q3, Mrs Jones should be given

Mrs Jones is to have 375 mg of drug D. Stock in the ward is 0.75 g tablets. She should be given

Mary is five years old -Mary is to have 250 mg of drug E. Stock in the ward is a mixture with 25 mg of drug E per 1 ml of mixture. The volume of this medication per dose should be

Mary is five years old -Mary is also ordered drug F, at the rate of 20 mg per kilogram of body weight per day. If Mary weighs 25 kg, her daily dose of drug F would be

Mary is five years old -Mary is to have drug F, QID. This means that the medication will be given

Mary is five years old -A single dose of drug F for Mary would contain

Mary is five years old -Available stock of drug F for Mary is a mixture with a concentration of 25 mg per ml. The volume of this medication that should be poured each dose is