1. A doctor has ordered 1,000 mL. of PNSS to infuse over 8 hours.
You have a macrodrip
tubing with a drop factor of 20 gtts./min. How many drops per minute should you
regulate the Iv fluid?
Answer: 41-42 gtts./min.
2. The patient needs 2,000 mL. of saline IV over 4 hours for a patient with deficient fluid
volume. How many mililiters per hour sould be infused?
Answer: 500 mL./hour
3. A patient is receiving 500 mL. of normal saline over 6 hours using drip factor of 60 drops
per mL. How many drops per minute should be delivered?
Answer: 83-83 mcgtts./min
4. A patient is ordered to receive 1,000 mL. of NSS to be administered at 125 mL./hour.
How many hours will pass before you change the Iv?
Answer: 8 hours
5. An infusion is to run for 30 minutes and is to deliver 200 mL. What is the rate of the
infusion in mL./hour?
Answer: 400 mL./hour
6. How much should be drawn if a patient was ordered with 80 mg. of Pethidine if each
stock ampule contains 100 mg. per 1 mL.?
Answer: 0.8 mL.
7. A child requires 50 milligrams of Phenobarbitone. If stock ampules contain 200
milligrams in 2 mL. How much will be given?
Answer: 0.5 mL.
8. A patient is prescribed with 500 mg. Chloramphenicol. Stock on hand is 1000 mg. vial to
be diluted in 5 mL. of sterile water. How many mL. should the patient receive?
Answer: 2.5 mL.
9. The doctor ordered 1000 mL. D5LR to run at 125 mL./hour. How long will the IV
infusion run?
Answer: 8 hours
10. How many mL./hour will be required to deliver 1,000 mL. of IV fluid in 5 hours?
Answer: 200 mL./hour
1. Doctor’s order: Give ampicillin sulbactam 750 mg + 90cc PNSS via soluset every 6
hours.
Stock dose: ampicillin sulbactam 250mg/500mg per vial
Diluent: 20cc. How many cc will you aspirate from the vial?
Answer: 20cc
2. Doctor ordered 500 ml d5imb to run for 6 hours using microset. How long will the IV
infusion run?
Answer:83-84 ugtts/min
3. Doctor ordered give paracetamol 180mg slow iv push now. If stock ampule contains 150
mg in 2 mL, how much will be given?
Answer: 0.6
4. Order: Infuse 1,000 mL of normal saline over 8 hours. What is the flow rate in mL/hr?
Answer: 125mL/hr
5. The doctor writes an order to infuse a solution. The order reads: Infuse 2,500 mL over 1
day. What is the hourly rate (mL/hr)?
Answer: 104 mL/hr
6. The Doctor’s ordered read as follows: Give Ceftriaxone 500 mg IV every 6 hours
ANST(). If the stick dose of ceftriaxone is 1g per vial and dilution is 5ml, how many ml
will be administered every 6 hours?
Answer: 2.5 ml
7. Doctor’s order: Infuse 0.3 Nacl 1000 ml at rate of 20gtts/min. compute for the running
hour?
Answer: 16 hours
8. A nurse is to administer 30 mg of furosemide (Lasix) to a client with congestive heart
failure (CHF). The ampule contains 40 mg in 2 ml. What is the correct dose to
administer?
Answer: 0.75mg
9. A child is to receive 500 mg of an antibiotic suspension. The label on the bottle reads 250
mg/5 mL. The nurse should administer how much of the suspension in one dose?
Answer: 10 ml
10. Doctor’ ordered give diazepam 10 mg sivp now. The ampule contains 10 mg in 2 ml.
how much will you give the patient?
Answer: 2ml
