NUR2214 Dosage Quiz 2 PDF
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This document is a sample nursing dosage quiz. The quiz contains multiple-choice questions covering calculation of dosages for various medications, conversions, and administration. It covers a range of drug types and administration routes.
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Medication order: Lisinopril 20 mg PO daily. The available medication is Lisinopril 5-mg tablets. How many tablets will you administer? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 2. Medication order: Zithromax (azithromycin) 500 mg oral suspension q24h. Drug available: Zithromax 200 mg / 5 mL. How many mL wi...
Medication order: Lisinopril 20 mg PO daily. The available medication is Lisinopril 5-mg tablets. How many tablets will you administer? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 2. Medication order: Zithromax (azithromycin) 500 mg oral suspension q24h. Drug available: Zithromax 200 mg / 5 mL. How many mL will the nurse administer? A. 10 B. 12.5 C. 15 D. 25 3. Medication order: Metformin 500 mg PO twice daily. The drug container label reads: Metformin 250 mg/tablet. How many tablets will you administer for each dose? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 4. Medication order: Amoxicillin 500 mg PO bid. How many grams will the patient receive in a 24-hour period? (round to the nearest tenth) \_\_: A. 0.5 B. 1.0 C. 1.5 D. 2.0 5. A physician orders a loading dose of 50 mg of a medication for a patient. The medication is available in 25-mg and 100-mg tablets. If only the 25-mg tablets are available, how many tablets should the nurse administer? \_\_ A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 6. A patient is prescribed a total daily dosage of metformin of 2 g, to be administered in two equal doses. The medication is available in 500-mg tablets. How many tablets should be given for each dose? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 7. A patient is prescribed a liquid pain reliever that contains morphine 15 mg in 10 mL. If the patient consumes 8 tsp of the medication over a 24-hour period, how many milligrams of morphine would the patient have ingested? \_\_ A. 60 B. 120 C. 90 D. 150 8. A patient is prescribed heparin 5000 units subcutaneously every 12 hours. You have heparin available in a concentration of 20,000 units per 4 mL. How many mL will you need to administer for each dose? \_\_ A. 0.5 mL B. 1 mL C. 1.5 mL D. 2 mL 9. Medication order: epinephrine 0.3 mg IM for anaphylaxis. The available solution is epinephrine 1 mg per 1 mL. How many mL will you administer? A. 0.3 mL B. 0.5 mL C. 0.6 mL D. 0.2 mL 10. If a vial of Penicillin G Procaine (Wycillin) is labeled with a concentration of 500,000 units/mL, how many units are present in 1.5 mL of this solution? A. 750000 B. 500000 C. 300000 D. 1000000
