- You are ordered to administer 0.5 mg of atropine sulfate to a patient. The atropine comes 2mg in 1 ml. How many milliters will you give?
Your answer:
0.25 ml
1.00 ml
0.50 ml
0.75 ml
- You have a patient that weighs 150 pounds. He has been resuscitated and now has a BP of 60/40. You are goint to establish a dopamine drip IV piggyback. You are using a 60gtt set and wish to deliver 5 mcg/kg/min. You mix 200 mg of dopamine into 250 ml of normal saline. What is your flow rate?
Your answer:
26 gtts/min
20 gtts/min
6 gtts/min
32 gtts/min
- You have an IV containing 500 ml of fluid. You are using a 10 gtt administration set. You are rumming the rate at 20 gtts/min. How long will it take the fluid to run out of the IV bag?
Your answer:
9 hours
6 hours 15 mins
8 hrs 20 mins
4 hours 20 mins
- You are ordered to give 10 mcg/kg/min of dobutamine to a patient. He weighs 145 pounds. Dobutmaine comes in a 12.5 mg/ml package. It contains 100 ml. What is you flow rate?
Your answer:
8 gtts/min
26 gtts/min
3 gtts/min
12 gtts/min
- A patient is to be given 500 ml of 0.9% Sodium Chloride IV over a 4 hour period. The set has a drop rate of 20 drops/ml. What is the drip rate.
Your answer:
55 gtts/min
26 gtts/min
42 gtts/min
35 gtts/min
- A patient is to be given 800 ml of 5% Dextrose over 6 hours. The set has a drop factor of 20 drops/ml. What is the drip rate?
Your answer:
40 gtts/min
44 gtts/min
24 gtts/min
36 gtts/min
- A patient is to be given 800 ml of Normal Saline over 10 hours. The set has a drop factor of 15 drops/ml. What is the drip rate?
Your answer:
15 gtts/min
20 gtts/min
25 gtts/min
10 gtts/min
- A patient is to be given 350 ml of Dextrose over 4 hours. The set has a drop factor of 20 drops/ml. What is the drip rate?
Your answer:
23 gtts/min
19 gtts/min
29 gtts/min
10 gtts/min
- A patient is to be given 350 ml of plasma over 3 hours. The set has a drop factor of 20 drops/ml. What is the drip rate?
Your answer:
42
28
15
39
- A patient is to be given 450 ml of Sodium Chloride IV. The set has a drop factor of 15 drops/min. What is the drip rate?
Your answer:
52 gtts/min
46 gtts/min
20 gtts min
38 gtts/min
- A patient is to be given 600 ml Normal Saline over 6 hours. The set has a drop factor of 15 drops/ml. What is the drip rate?
Your answer:
25 gtts/min
32 gtts/min
12 gtts/min
20 gtts/min
- 50 ml of an antibotic is to be given over 30 minutes. The set has a drop factor of 20 drops/ml. What is the drip rate?
Your answer:
33 gtts/min
30 gtts/min
23 gtts/min
12 gtts/min
- A patient is to be given 1500 ml of Normal Saline solution over 12 hours. The set has a drop factor of 60 drops/ml. What is the drip rate?
Your answer:
75 gtts/min
175 gtts/min
100 gtts/min
125 gtts/min
- A patient is to be given 500 ml of 0.9% Sodium Chloride over 3 hours. The set has a drop factor of 60 drops/ml. What is the drip rate?
Your answer:
167 gtts/min
200 gtts/min
125 gtts/min
154 gtts/min
- An infusion of 5% Dextroxe has 600 ml remaining. The drop rate is 20 drops/min. If the drop factor is 12 drops/m., how many hours will it take to give this infustion?
Your answer:
4 hours
8 hours
2 hours
6 hours
- An IV infusion of 1500 ml of Normal Saline is to be given at a rate of 40 drops/min. The drop factor is 15 drops/ml. If this infusion begins at 1015, at what time will it finish?
Your answer:
1315
2015
1630
1938
- Calculate the time at which an IV infusion of 5% Dextrose 1000 ml would be completed when set to run at 35 drops/min. The infusion was started at 1400 and the drop factor is 20.
Your answer:
1800
2340
2129
2331
- Calculate the time at which an IV solution of Normal Saline 500 ml to e completed when running at 28 drops/min. The infustion started at 0900, and the drop factor is 20.
Your answer:
1310
1420
1457
1244
- Calculate the amount of intravenous fluid remaining in a 1000 ml bag of Normal Saline that has been running at 41 drops/min for 90 minutes. The drop factor is 20.
Your answer:
700 ml
815.5 ml
750.5 ml
901.5 ml
- 1000 ml of Saline Solution is to be infused intravenously. The set has a drop factor of 15 drops/ml and is set at 40 drops/min. How long will this infusion take to finish?
Your answer:
7 hours 10 mins
4 hours 30 mins
6 hours 15 mins
5 hours 45 mins
- A patient is to receive 1000 ml of Normal Saline. For the first 6 hours, the solution is delivered at 85 ml/hour, then the rate is reduced to 70 ml/hour. What is the total time taken to give the full volume.
Your answer:
9 hours
11 hours
15 hours
13 hours
- At 0430, an infusion is started, to infuse 1.5L of fluid at a rate of 90ml/hour. After 10 hours, the rate is reset to 75ml/hour. What is the finishing time?
Your answer:
2230
1830
1630
2030
- An IV infusion of 5% Dextrose is in progress. The infusion is being delivered at 40ml/hour. How much fluid will the patient receive in 4 hours?
Your answer:
80 ml
100 ml
60 ml
40 ml
- A pateint is receiving fluid from two IV lines. Line 1 is running at 65 ml/hour and Line 2 is running at 70 ml/hour. What volume of fluid would the patient receive over 12 hours?
Your answer:
1620 ml
1830 ml
900 ml
1260 ml
- A patient is to be given 150 mg of pethidine IM stat, for severe pain. Each ampule contains 100 ml in 2ml. How many ml will be given?
Your answer:
2.5 ml
3 ml
1.3 ml
2.75 ml
- A patient is to receive 7.5 mg IN stat of metoclopramine. Each ampule contains 10mg per 2ml. How many ml will be given?
Your answer:
1.0 ml
2.5 ml
1.5 ml
2.0 ml
- A patient is to given 50mg of promethazine. The box has 2ml ampules, each contain 25 mg per ml of phenergan. How many ml will be given?
Your answer:
2 ml
1.5 ml
3 ml
1 ml
- A patient is to be given 60mg of gentamicin IM. Ampules contain 80 mg per 2 ml. What is the volume you need to give?
Your answer:
2.5 ml
1.5 ml
2 ml
1 ml
- Ketorolac has been ordered for a patient. 20 mg q6hrs is to be given IM. The ampules contain 10mg per ml. How many ml are needed?
Your answer:
1.5 ml
1 ml
2 ml
2.5 ml
- A patient is to be given ampicillin 750mg q6h IM. The wial reconstitued contains 1g ampicillin in 2ml of water. How many ml are needed?
Your answer:
1.75 ml
2 ml
1 ml
1.5 ml