Cardiff University Drug Calculations Formative Test

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What should be prescribed for each individual dose if a child weighing 16 kg is given drug X at a dose of 15mg/kg per day, to be administered in 2 divided doses?

15mg

If a child weighing 20 kg is given drug X at a dose of 15mg/kg per day to be administered in 3 divided doses, what should be prescribed for each individual dose?

20mg

What is the usual dose of drug X for a patient with a body surface area of 2m², given that the recommended dose is 1.4mg/m²?

2.8mg

How much liquid in liters is required to give a patient exactly 15 days supply if they are prescribed 15mls of a mixture three times a day?

1.5 liters

If a client is prescribed 0.5 milligrams of drug X per day and 250 microgram tablets are available, how many tablets will be given for a 28-day supply?

448 tablets

In a scenario where you need to dispense 1.5 milligrams of drug X per day using 0.5 milligram tablets for a 3-month supply (84 days), how many tablets will you dispense?

336 tablets

How many milligrams is equivalent to 1.5 grams?

150 mg

How many millilitres are equivalent to 0.25 milligrams?

0.0025 ml

For a prescribed dose of 50 milligrams of drug X in 25 milligram tablets, how many tablets are needed?

10 tablets

If a client needs to take 50 milligrams of drug X orally and there is a syrup available with 200 milligrams in 5 millilitres, how many millilitres will be needed?

2 ml

For a dose of 150 milligrams of drug X intravenously and a concentration of 600 milligrams in 6 millilitres, how many millilitres need to be administered?

6 ml

If drug X concentrate is used to give a dose of 80mg for breakthrough pain and the concentration is 100mg/5ml, how many millilitres are needed per dose?

4 ml

Test your knowledge on drug calculations with this formative test from Cardiff University's Non Medical Prescribing course. Practice converting between different S.I. units like grams to milligrams, litres to millilitres, and more.

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