1. How much active ingredient in 20 cc of a 15% solution? 2. You have 1:1000 concentration of epinephrine. How many mLs do you need to draw up if you want to give 45 mg of the drug? 3. How many mg of an active ingredient are in 4 mL of a 0.4% solution?

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1. How much active ingredient in 20 cc of a 15% solution?


2. You have 1:1000 concentration of epinephrine. How many mLs do you need to draw up if you want to give 45 mg of the drug?


3. How many mg of an active ingredient are in 4 mL of a 0.4% solution?


4. How many mLs do you need to give to get 20 mg of a 350mg/20mL dose?

5. Albuterol syrup is available in 2mg/5 mL. How much do you take if 6 mg is ordered?

 


6. Promazine HCL comes as 500 mg/10 mL. How many milliliters are needed to give a 150 mg dose?

 


7. 4 mg of morphine sulfate is ordered. you have a vial with 10mg/mL. How many mLs do you need to deliver?

 


8. Albuterol syrup is available in a 2 mg/ 5 mL concentration. If a dose schedule of 0.1 mg/kg is used, how much syrup is needed for a 30 kg. child?

 


9. A pediatric dose of oxytetracycline of 100 mg is ordered. The dosage form is an oral suspension containing 125 mg/5cc. How much of the suspension contains a 100 mg does?


10. Epinephrine 1:100 is available. How many milliliters of epinephrine would be needed to contain 30 mg of active ingredient?

 

 

11. A dose of 0.4 mL of epinephrine HCl 1:100 is ordered. This dose contains how many milligrams of epinephrine HCl?

 


12. If you administer 3 mL of a 0.1% strength solution, how many milligrams of active ingredient have you given?

 


13. A drug is available as a 1:200 solution and the max dose that may be given by aerosol is 3 mg. What is the maximal amount of solution that may be used?

 


14. The doctor orders 25 cc of 8% Mucomyst. You have a 20% vial of Mucomyst. How many mL do you withdraw from the 20% vial and how many mL of normal saline do you add?


15. 30 mL of an ordered drug contains 20 mg of active ingredient. If the physician ordered 12 mg to be delivered, how many milliliters would you need to give?
a. 12               c. 20
b. 18              d. 30

 


16. A physician orders 5 mL of a drug to be given to a patient. The drug is supplied in a dose of 10 mg in 20 mL of a solution. How many milligrams would you be delivering?
a. 2.5              c. 7.5
b. 5.0              d. 10

 


17. Exosurf, a surfactant agent, is administered on a dosage schedule of 5 mL per kilogram of body weight. If a premature infant weighs 1400 g, how many milliliters should be administered?
a. 5         c. 9
b. 7          d. 11

18. A 0.5% Albuterol solution means:
a. 0.5 g in 1 mL    c. 0.5 g in 100 mL
b. 0.5 mg in 10 mL   d. 0.5 g in 10 mL

 


19. Bronkosol comes in a 1% solution. If you deliver 0.5 mL of Bronkosol, how many milligrams are you
delivering?
a. 0.5            c. 10
b. 5               d. 25

 

 

20. Alupent comes in a 5% solution. If the physician orders 10 mg to be delivered per treatment, how many cc would you use?
a. 0.1             c. 0.3
b. 0.2                d. 0.5

 

21. Atrovent is supplied in a 0.02% solution. If you deliver 2.5 mL to your patient, how many milligrams are
you giving?
a. 0.02           c. 1.0
b. 0.5             d. 2.0

 

 


22. Dopamine is used in shock to maintain blood pressure and increase cardiac output. In the ICU, dopamine is being given
IV at a dose of 12 µg/kg/min. The patient weighs 75 kg and the solution used is 200 mg of dopamine in 250 mL of 5%
dextrose in H2O (D5W). The drop factor is 16 drops/mL. What drip rate needs to be set?
a. 16                 c. 20
b. 18                d. 22

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