Directions: Show all of your work and underline your final answer. You may use whatever calculation methods you choose.

1. The health care provider ordered Ceclor (cefaclor) suspension 600 mg po every 8 hours. The medication is sent to the unit as cefaclor suspension 250 mg per 5 ml. How many ml should the patient receive per dose?

2. The health care provider ordered Dilaudid (hydromorphone) 2.5mg IV every 6 hours. The medication book indicates for safe administration that Dilaudid should be administered at 0.5 mg/minute. How long will it take to administer this

medication?

3. A Heparin drip is infusing at 8 ml/hr. The concentration of the drip is 25,000 units/250 ml D5W. How many units/hour is the patient receiving?

4. The health care provider ordered Heparin 800 units/hour. Heparin is supplied as

25,000 units/L of normal saline. How many ml/hour would the patient receive?

5. The health care provider has ordered PRBC's (Packed red blood cells)

400 ml IV to infuse over 4 hours. The drop factor is 10 gtt/ml. What should the rate be?

1. 6. The health care provider ordered Robinul 0.25 mg IM. Robinul is dispensed as 0.4mg/0.5ml. How many mls should be administered?

7. During your morning assessment you note that there is 500 ml of fluid left in the IV bag which is currently infusing. The ordered infusion rate is 80 ml/hr. How long will it take for the infusion to be complete?

1. Furosemide 60 mg three times a day is ordered. The pharmacy sends up Furosemide 40mg per tablet.
2. How many tablets will you give your patient?

1. How many tablets will the patient receive in 24 hours?

1. Order: Demerol (meperedine) 50 mg intramuscularly every 4 hours as needed for moderate pain.

Available: Demerol (meperedine) 25 mg per 1 mL.

1. How many mL should the patient receive per dose?

1. Provider orders: Heparin 5,000 unit SQ twice a day. You have on hand a single dose vial that is labeled: Supplied as Heparin 20,000 units/ml. How many ml's should the patient receive per dose?