Medication Dosage Calculations Quiz

A 110 lb patient needs medication at a concentration of 25mg/ml, and requires 40 mg/kg over 150 minutes. What is the correct flow rate of the IV in ml/min?

A 95 lb patient requires an antibiotic, where the recommended dosage is 25 mg/kg, and is needed over 10 days, taking 20ml twice daily. How many grams of this antibiotic must be measured out for the entire course?

A 125 lb patient is on an IV drip, delivering a drug over 360 minutes at a rate of 1.0 ml/min. The recommended dosage of the drug is 60 mg/kg. What is the drug concentration that should be prepared, in mg/ml?

If calcium accounts for 1.4% of a human's mass, how many kilograms of calcium are in a 125 lb person?

A patient weighing 110 lbs requires a drug at a concentration of 25mg/ml. If the dosage needed is 40 mg/kg, and the IV flow rate is 0.5ml/min, how long in minutes should the drug take to be delivered?

A physician orders 75 mg of Toprol XL. The pharmacy supplies Toprol XL in 100 mg tablets. How many tablets should the nurse administer?

A patient needs 1800 mg of Klor-Con. The available dose is 600 mg per tablet. How many tablets would you administer?

A dose of 0.4 g of Dilantin-125 is ordered. The available concentration is 125 mg/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer?

If a medication is available as 250 mg per tablet, and a nurse needs to administer 750 mg, how many tablets should the nurse give?

A patient needs 20 mg of Furosemide. The available supply is 40 mg in 1 mL. How much should the nurse administer?

A medication is supplied as 500 mg per 2 mL and the patient needs 250 mg. How many mL should be administered?

If a medication is available at a concentration of 100 mg/mL, and a patient needs a 75 mg dose, what volume should be administered?

A medication is available as 150 mg per tablet. If a nurse needs to administer 450 mg, how many tablets are needed?

A patient requires an antibiotic with a recommended dosage of 15.0 mg/kg. If the patient weighs 32.4 lbs and the medication is to be administered twice daily for 10 days in a 200 mL solution, how many grams of the antibiotic are needed?

A 175 lb patient is on an IV drip at 0.5 ml/min. The prescribed drug dosage is 25 mg/kg, and the drug solution is 150 mg/ml. How long should the IV drip be set to deliver the correct dose in minutes?

If a 500 mg dose of drug A is ordered and it is available as 25 mg in 5 mL, what volume should be administered?

What is the IV flow rate in gtts/min if 750 mL of a solution is to be administered over 6 hours, using a drop factor of 20 gtts/mL?

A doctor orders 225 mg of Dilantin-125. The medication is available as 25 mg in 1 mL. How many milliliters should be administered?

A patient weighing 100 lbs requires Furosemide at a dose of 2 mg/kg. The medication is available as 25 mg in 2 mL. What volume should be administered?

An infusion of 1000 mL of normal saline is ordered over 8 hours. If the drop factor is 15 gtts/mL, what is the required IV flow rate in gtts/min?

A 40 lb patient needs Medrol at a dosage of 10 mg/kg, four times a day for 3 days. How many milligrams of Medrol must be dissolved in 120 mL total to give the correct dosage?

A patient needs 500 mL of IV fluid administered over 4 hours using a 60 gtts/mL IV set. What is the correct drip rate in gtts/min?

If a 500 mL IV solution is administered over 10 hours using a pump, what is the flow rate in mL/hour?

Aggrastat, available as 12.5 mg in 250 mL, is prescribed at 6.0 mg/kg over 1 hour for a 100 lb patient. What is the required flow rate in mL/hr?

A 110 lb patient is prescribed a drug at 40 mg/kg, to be administered over 150 minutes via IV drip. If the drug is prepared as 25 mg/ml, what is the flow rate in mL/min?

An infusion pump is set to deliver 1500 mL of fluid over 12 hours. What is the infusion flow rate in mL/hour?

A patient requires 800 mL of an IV solution to be administered over 200 minutes using an infusion pump. What is the flow rate in mL/hour?

What is the required flow rate in mL/hr if 1000 mL of IV fluid needs to be infused over 5 hours using an infusion pump?

A 1200 mL IV bag needs to be infused within 8 hours through an infusion pump. What is the flow rate in mL/hr?

A medication is ordered at 5 mg/kg for a child weighing 44 lbs. What is the required dosage of the medication in milligrams?

A doctor prescribes 300 mg of a medication every 6 hours for a patient. The medication label indicates a desired range of 50-100 mg/kg per day. If the patient weighs 22 lbs, is the prescribed amount within the desired range?

A medication is available as 250mg/2mL. If a patient needs a 150mg dose, how many mL should be administered?

A doctor orders a medication at 2.5 mg/kg for a child weighing 33 pounds. The medication is available in a concentration of 100mg/mL. How many mL should be administered?

A patient weighing 17.5 kg needs a medication dosed at 7 mg/kg. If the medication is supplied as 350 mg per 5 mL, what volume of medication is required?

A medication is prescribed at a range of 20 to 40 mg/kg per day. A child weighs 55 lbs. What is the range of the daily dosage?

An infant weighs 15 lbs and needs a medication with a desired dosage range between 10-20 mg/kg. Which of the options below is within the range?

A patient is prescribed 15 mg of a medication per kilogram of body weight. If the patient weighs 176 pounds, what is the total dosage the patient must receive?