DRUG CALCULATION PRACTICE
PART 1
1. Your post operative patient is ordered 1
liter of Hartman’s solution over 10
hours. The giving set delivers 20 drops
pe mL. calculate the rate in drops per
minute?
2. Your patient now requires 250 mL of
packed cells to be transfused over 4
hours. The IV set delivers 20 drops per
mL. calculate the rate in drops per
minute?
3. A trauma patient requires haemmaccel
500 mL over 2 hours. Calculate the drip
rate per minute if a macro giving set is
used?
4. Due to low serum potassium, your
patient is to be given an IV supplement
of 750 mg of KCL. Ampoules contain 1
g/10mL. calculate the amount of
potassium you would add to the
burrete?
5. A patient is ordered 500 mg of
amoxicillin orally. Stock on hand is 250
mg tablets. How many tablets should
the patient received?
6. A child is prescribed 125 mg ampicillin
orally. Stock on hand contains 500
mg/5mL. calculate the volume to be
given?
7. 450 mg of soluble aspirin is ordered.
Stock on hand is 300 mg tablets. How
many tablets should the payient
receive?
8. A young girl is priscribed 6 mg of
frusemide to be taken orally. The stock
mixture contains 1 mg/ml. how much of
the mixture should be given?
9. Phenobarbitone 75 mg is ordered. Stock
ampoules contain 200 mg/mL. what
volume should be given?
10. A patient is ordered 200 mg of penicillin
orally. The strength of the stock syrup is
125 mg/mL. calculate the volume
required?
11. Your patient is prescribed
dexamethasone 15 mg IMI. Stock
ampoules contain 20 mg/2mL. what the
volume should be given?
12. Heparin is available at strength of 5000
units/5mL. what volume is needed to
give 3500 units?
13. A premedication of omnopon 15 mg IMI
is ordered. Ampoules on hand contain
20 mg/2mL. calculate the volume
required?
14. Your patient is to receive an injection of
gentamicin 60 mg IM. Ampoules on
hand contain 80 mg/ml. Calculate the
volume to be given?
PART 2
1. Order : alprazolam 0.5 mg.
Stock : tablets of 0.25 mg.
Receive?
2. Stock: tablets of 0.25 mg
Receive : 0.5 tablets
Order?
3. Order : ampicillin 0.5 g.
Stock : 250 mg/mL.
Receive?
4. Order : penicillin VK 800.000 units po
q4h x 10 hours.
Stock : penicillin 250 mg (400.000 units)
Receive?
5. Stock : myambutol 400 mg/mL.
Receive : 3 tablets
Order?
6. Order : ampicillin 0.5 g po q6h
Stock : capsules labeled 250 mg.
Receive?
7. Order : azithromycin oral susp 400 mg
po qd x 4 days
Stock : zitromax 200 mg/5mL.
Receive?
8. Order : clocaxillin sodium 0.25 g
Stock : 125 mg/5mL.
Received?
9. Order : potassium chloride 30 mEq po
qd
Stock : liquid labeled 20 mEq/15mL.
Receive?
10. Order : amox 250 mg.
Stock : amox 0.1 g/6mL
Receive?
11. Order : cleocin 0.3 g IM q6h.
Stock : liquid in vial laeled 300 mg/2mL.
Receive?
12. Order : digoxin 0.5 mg IM qd.
Stock : vial labeled 0.25 mg/mL.
Receive?
13. Stock : lanoxin ampoule labeled 0.5
mg/2mL.
Receive : lanoxin 1 mL.
Order?
14. Stock : ampoule labeled for epinephrine
1 g/5000mL.
Receive : epinephrine 1 mL.
Order?
15. Order : lidocaine 30 mg for injection
before suturing wound
Stock : ampule labeled 2 g/100mL.
Receive?