Basic Math Ability Exam A: Calculating Dosages for Medical Procedures | Exams Health Physics | Docsity (2024)

Download Basic Math Ability Exam A: Calculating Dosages for Medical Procedures and more Exams Health Physics in PDF only on Docsity! 1 Basic Math Ability Exam A Relias| Questions Answers. The physician has written an order for a medication, 3,000 units to be given SQ. You have on hand 5,000 units/mL. You will administer _______mL. - Correct answer 3000/5000 *1 = 0.6mL The surgeon orders for 75 mg of a medication to be given IV push. The medication is available in a concentration of 125 mg/2 mL. You will administer ____mL to the patient. (record your answer using one decimal place) - Correct answer 1.2 The sliding scale order states: [FORMULA: (BG-100)÷30]= number of units of insulin to be given. At 1600 the patient's blood glucose is 150. You will administer _____ units of insulin (round to the nearest whole number). - Correct answer 150-100/30 =1.66 rounded to nearest whole number = 2 Your patient's blood glucose is 302 mg/dL. The sliding scale order is to administer insulin using this formula: [FORMULA: (BG-100)÷40]= number of units to administer. Based upon your patient's glucose, you should administer ____ units of insulin. (round to the nearest whole number) - Correct answer 302-100/40 =5.05 rounded = 5 Page 1 of 6 1 Basic Math Ability Exam A Relias| Questions Answers. The physician has ordered a medication to be given 0.05 mg/kg/day in 1,000 mL of fluid. The patient weighs 246 lbs. The dose added to the 1,000 mL bag of fluid should be _____ mg. (round your answer to one decimal place) - Correct answer 0.05*111.5 (the weight in kg) = 5.575mg a day =5.6 The surgeon orders a medication 1.5 gms IV. The pharmacy delivers the medication as 1.5 grams in 150 mL IV solution to be infused over 90 minutes. The rate of the infusion is____mL/hr. - Correct answer 100 The physician orders for 1 liter of IV fluid to be given over 6 hours. The available tubing set delivers 15 gtts/mL. After your calculation, the set should be calibrated to deliver _______ gtts/min. (round to the nearest whole number) - Correct answer https://www.mdcalc.com/iv-drip-rate-calculator =42 Your patient's blood sugar is 201 mg/dL. The sliding scale insulin order says to use the following formula to calculate the number of units to administer: [FORMULA: (BG- 100)÷30+10]= number of units to administer. Based upon your patient's blood sugar, the Page 2 of 6 1 Basic Math Ability Exam A Relias| Questions Answers. A physician orders to give a 80 mg of a medication IV push. The available dose 100 mg/10 mL. The nurse should administer _____ mL's to the patient. - Correct answer 8 The physician has ordered 100 mcg of medication IV Push. It is available in a pre-mixed syringe with a concentration of 1 mg/mL. You will give ___mL. - Correct answer .1 The physician orders a medication to be given at 1 mg/kg/day. The patient weighs 265 lbs. The medication is available as 100 mg/mL. You should administer _____ mL of the medication. (record your answer using one decimal place) - Correct answer 1.2 A medication is ordered as an IV drip at 3 units/kg/hr for a patient weighting 108 kg. The concentration of the medication is 2 units/mL. The drip should be set at _____ mL/hr. - Correct answer 162 A medication drip is ordered at 13 units/kg/hr.The patient weighs 50 kg. The medication is available in a concentration of 25,000 units/500 mL. The medication should be infused at _____mL per hour. - Correct answer 13 The physician orders a bolus of a medication, using the protocol of 35 units/kg. The patient weighs 220 lbs. This patient should receive _______units as a bolus. - Correct answer 3500 Page 5 of 6 1 Basic Math Ability Exam A Relias| Questions Answers. The physician orders 1,500 mg of a medication to be given over 90 minutes. The available medication is 1,500 mg/250 mL. You will set the pump to deliver ______mL/hr.(round to the nearest whole number) - Correct answer 167 Your patient is receiving 37.5 mcg of a medication. This is equivalent to ________ mg of medication. (record your answer using two decimal places) - Correct answer 0.0375 =0.04 The order is for 0.375 mg of a medication to be given IV. The medication is supplied 500 mcg/2 mL. The patient will receive____mL. (record your answer using one decimal place) - Correct answer 1.5 The physician orders 10 mg of a drug IV. Available is 16 mg/mL. You should administer ______mL.(record your answer using one decimal place) - Correct answer 0.6 The patient weighs 700 grams. You are given orders to administer a medication 1 mEq/kg IV. The medication is available in 0.5 mEq/mL. The dose to be given would be _______mL. (record your answer using one decimal place) - Correct answer NOT 140 The physician orders 300 mg oral suspension PO q8 hours. Available is 375 mg/5 mL. You should administer _____ mL. - Correct answer 4 Page 6 of 6