Exam 5: Calculating Adult Dosages Oral and Parenteral Forms

Calculate the following adult drug dosages -On hand you have heparin sodium 1,000 units/mL.If you inject 0.5 mL, how many units have you given?

Calculate the following adult drug dosages -The physician has ordered Rocephin (ceftriaxone) 250 mg IM.On hand you have a vial that contains 500 mg/2 mL.How many mL will you inject?

Calculate the following adult drug dosages -The physician has ordered Phenergan (promethazine) 12.5 mg IM.On hand you have 25 mg/mL.How many mL will you inject?

If the medication ordered and the medication on hand are not in the same unit of measure, you must convert so that both are expressed in the same unit of measure.

All of the following are units of weight of medication ​except:

Calculate the following adult drug dosages -The physician has ordered 1.25 mg of Premarin (conjugated estrogen).On hand you have 0.625 mg gelcaps.How many gelcaps will you give?

Calculate the following adult drug dosages -The physician has ordered Amoxil (amoxicillin) 250 mg tid.On hand you have liquid that contains 250 mg/5 mL.How many mL will you give in each dose?

All of the following are units of volume of medication ​except:

Calculate the following adult drug dosages -The physician has ordered Carafate (sucralfate) 1 gm qid.You have 1,000 mg caplets.How many caplets will be given for each dose?

Calculate the following adult drug dosages -The physician has ordered acetaminophen 650 mg q4h.On hand you have 325 mg tablets.How many tablets will be given for one dose?

Calculate the following dosages based on kilogram of body weight.Round weights and answers to the nearest whole number. -An intramuscular injection is given at what angle?

A unit dose means that the container holds more than one dose.

Calculate the following adult drug dosages -The physician has ordered doxycycline 100 mg q12h.On hand you have 100 mg capsules.How many capsules will be given for one day?

Calculate the following adult drug dosages -The physician has ordered Bicillin (penicillin G benzathine) 600,000 units IM.On hand you have a prefilled cartridge that contains 1,200,000 units/2 mL.How many mL will you inject?

Calculate the following dosages based on kilogram of body weight.Round weights and answers to the nearest whole number. -A small, sterile, prefilled glass bottle that may contain either a liquid medication or a powder for reconstitution is called a(n):