Sheet 1

1. What volume is required for an injection if 500mg are ordered and stock ampules
contain 250mg/ml?
2. What volume is required for an injection if 600mg are ordered and stock ampules
contain 350mg/ml?
3. What volume is required for an injection if 750mg are ordered and stock ampules
contain 200mg/ml?
4. A dose of 2g of medication has ordered for a patient. The medication comes in
4g/0.4mL. What volume will you give the patient?
5. A dose of 4500mg of medication has ordered for a patient. The medication comes
in 5g/0.3mL. What volume will you give the patient?
6. A dose of 3500mg of medication has ordered for a patient. The medication comes
in 5g/2mL. What volume will you give the patient?
7. A flask of 1.5L of 0.9% saline is required over 8hrs with a DF of 20. How many DPM
is this?
8. A flask of 1L of 4% dextrose in saline is required over 6hrs with a DF of 15. How
many DPM is this?
9. A flask of 850mL of 0.9% saline is required over 12hrs with a DF of 60. How many
DPM is this?
10. A child weighs 13.5kg and is prescribed a medication for 0.8mg/kg/dose. The
stock strength is 10mg/2mL. What volume will you give the patient?
11. A patient weighs 45kg and is prescribed a medication for 3mg/kg/dose. The stock
strength is 2mg/0.5mL. What volume will you give the patient?
12. A patient weighs 16.5kg and is prescribed a medication for 0.4mg/kg/dose. The
stock strength is 20mg/5mL. What volume will you give the patient?
13. A 13kg child is ordered a medication for 2.5mg/kg/day with 3 doses per day. How
many mg would you administer per dose?
14. A 3.4kg child is ordered a medication for 5mg/kg/day with 4 doses per day. How
many mg would you administer per dose?
15. A 3800g infant is ordered a medication for 0.6mg/kg/day over 6 doses per day.
How much will you give the patient per day?
16. A patient needs 1mg of a medication. Each gram of this medication is to be mixed
with 10mL of water over 3-5 minutes via IV bolus. After preparing the medication,
how many mL per minute would you administer if you do it over 3 minutes?17. A
patient needs 2mg of a medication. Each gram of this medication is to be mixed with
10mL of water over 3-5 minutes via IV bolus. After preparing the medication, how
many mL per minute would you administer if you do it over 3 minutes?
18. A patient needs 4mg of a medication. Each gram of this medication is to be mixed
with 10mL of water over 3-5 minutes via IV
bolus. After preparing the medication, how many mL per minute would you
administer if you do it over 5 minutes?
19. A child weighs 15kg and is prescribed a medication with a dose of 2mg/kg/day in
equal doses every 4 hours. How many mg will you give per dose?
20. A patient weighs 3kg and is prescribed a medication with a dose of 0.1mg/kg/day
in equal doses every 8 hours. How many mg will you give per dose?
21. A patient weighs 6.5kg and is prescribed a medication with a dose of
0.5mg/kg/day in equal every 12 hours. How many mg will you give per dose?
22. How many mg per mL will be infused for a solution of 350mg of a medication in
100mL of saline? (Round to one decimal place.)
23. How many mg per mL will be infused for a solution of 400mg of a medication in
300mL of saline? (Round to one decimal place.)
24. How many mg per mL will be infused for a solution of 550mg of a medication in
200mL of saline?

Sheet 2
1 A patient needs 2g of a medication. It comes in 250mg doses. How many doses
need to be administered? How many hours will it take if the patient can have one
dose every 6 hours?
2 An IV drip is set to a flow rate of 55mL/hour. The doctor changes the flow rate to
47,500µL/hour. How much less is the patient now getting per hour? How much will
the patient now get in the next 12 hours?
3 How much dextrose is in 4L of 20% solution?
4 Tablets come in 50mg and 100mg strengths. A patient is prescribed 375mg, how
many tablets will you give them?
5 A patient needs 0.075g of a medicine that comes in 30mg tablets. How many
tablets will the patient take?
6 A patient needs 3g of a medication that comes in 15mg/mL. How much of the
solution will be given?7 A patient needs 2.5g of a medication that comes in
20mg/5mL. How much of the solution will be given?
8 An IV drip is set to 1,500mL over 6 hours, how many millilitres per minute will the
patient received?
9 The total volume to be administered from an IV drip is 1,250mL over 10 hours.
How many millilitres per minute will be given?
10 An IV drip has a drop factor of 60. The volume to be administered is 180mL over 5
hours. How many drops per minute will it be?
11 The volume of an IV drip to be administered is 0.25L over 8 hours. The drop factor
is 60. How many drops per minute will it be?
12 A child is prescribed 4.5mg/kg of a medication. He weighs 56kg. How much of the
medication will you administer?
13 A child weighs 14.4kg is prescribed 300µg/kg of a medication. How much of the
medication should be given?

Sheet 3
1 The total volume ordered is 225mL N/Saline 0.9% IV. The time over which it is to
be given is 40 minutes. The drop factor is 15. How many drops per minute will be
delivered?
2 The total volume ordered is 550mL N/Saline 0.9% IV. The time over which it is to
be given is 4 hours. The drop factor is 20. How many drops per minute will be
delivered?
3 The total volume ordered is 1200mL N/Saline 0.9% IV. The time over which it is to
be given is 2 hours. How many mL per hour would be delivered?
4 The total volume ordered is 1.5L N/Saline 0.9% IV. The time over which it is to be
given is 3 hours. How many mL per hour would be delivered?
5 The dose to be given of a medication is 1.2g. The stock strength is 2g/10mL.
Calculate the mL needed to deliver the medication.
6 The dose to be given of a medication is 5mg. The stock strength is 1mg/4mL.
Calculate the mL needed to deliver the medication.
7 Your patient is receiving 350MICROg of a medication in 750mL of CSL. How many
MICROg per mL is the patient receiving?
8 Your patient is receiving 875g of a medication in 1L of CSL. How many g per mL is
the patient receiving?
9 2L N/Saline 0.9% has been running for 30 minutes at a 6 hourly rate. How many mL
have been administered already?
10 1200mL N/Saline 0.9% has been running for 20 minutes at a 2 hourly rate. How
many mL have been administered already?
11 1300mL N/Saline 0.9% is running at a 6 hourly rate, which commenced at
1500hrs. At 1630hrs the doctor requests for the remaining volume to be run over 3
hours. Calculate the mL per hour the remaining volume.
12 1.5L N/Saline 0.9% is running at a 12 hourly rate, which commenced at 0800hrs.
At 1200hrs the doctor requests for the remaining volume to be run over 4 hours.
Calculate the mL per hour for the remaining volume.
13 A child who weighs 14kg is ordered 55MICROg/kg IV, 2 hours before surgery. The
solution strength is 2mg/mL. How many mL do you administer?
14 A child who weighs 5kg is ordered 0.5g/kg IV, 4 hours before surgery. The solution
strength is 2mg/mL. How many mL per hour do you administer?