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Math Mastery Practice Problems

1. Order: Cipro 1.5 g p.o. q12h.


Available: Cipro tablets labeled 750 mg
How many tablets per dose? Per day?

1.5 x 1000 = 1500 and 1500/750 = 2


Per Dose: 2 Tablets
Per Day: 4 Tablets
2. Order: Tagamet 800 mg p.o. at bedtime.
Available: Tagamet tablets labeled 400 mg
How many tablets per dose?
800/400 = 2

Answer: 2 tablets per dose

3. Order: Clindamycin 450 mg p.o. q.i.d. for 5 days.


Avaiable: Clindamycin oral solution labeled 75 mg per 5 Ml.
How many milliliters per dose? How many milliliters per day? How many
milliliters for the course of the treatment?

450/75 = 6 x 5 = 30 ml

30 ml per dose, 120 (30 x 4) ml per day, 600 (120 x 5) ml for treatment
course

4. Order: Clindamycin 0.3 g p.o. q12h


Available: Clindamycin labeled 150 mg per mL
How many milliliters per dose? Per day?

0.3 x 1000 = 300 mg, so 300/150 = 2

Per Dose: 2 ml
Per Day: 4 ml
5. Order: Uniphyl 0.4 g p.o. daily.
Available:
0.4 x 1000 = 400
400/400 = 1 tablet per dose

6. Order: Pyridium 0.2 g p.o. daily


Available:

0.2 x 1000 = 200/100 = 2 tablets per dose


7. Order: Zantac 150 mg by nasogastric tube b.i.d.
Available: Zantac syrup labeled 15 mg per 5 mL
How many milliliters per dose?
150/15 = 10 x 5 = 50 ml per dose
8. Order: Promethazine Hydrochloride 12.5 mg p.o. q.i.d.
Available: Promethazine Hydrochloride Oral Solution 6.25 mg/5 mL
How many milliliters per dose?
(12.5/6.25) x 5 = 10 ml per dose

9. Order: Compazine 7.5 mg p.o. t.i.d.


Available: Compazine Syrup 5mg/5 mL
How many milliliters per dose? Per day?
(7.5/5) x 5 = 7.5 ml per dose,
7.5 x 3 = 22.5 ml per day

10. 60 lb = 27.3 kg  60/2.2 = 27.3

11. 20 mL = 4 tsp  1 tsp = 5 ml, so 20/5 = 4

12. 45 mL = 3 Tbsp  1 Tbsp = 15 ml, so 45/15 = 3

13. 8500 mcg = 8.5 mg  8500/1000 = 8.5

14. 150 g = 150,000,000 mcg  150 x 1000 x 1000 = 150,000,000

15. 2.2 mg = 0.0022 grams  2.2/1000 = 0.0022


16. You are a home care nurse taking care of a patient who is on a fluid
restriction. He tells you he drank four 20 oz. bottles of water, 1 cup of milk
with his cereal and 4 oz. of juice. How many milliliters did the patient
consume?

Remember, 1 oz. = 30 ml
4 x 20 = 80 x 30 = 2400 ml
8 x 30 = 240 ml
4 x 30 = 120 ml
2400+240+120 = 2760 ml total was consumed

17. Look at the sliding scale listed below and answer the following questions
appropriately based on the sliding scale.

A. Using the low dose scale, how much insulin would you administer with a
blood glucose of 257? 6 units of insulin

B. Using the high dose scale, what would you do with a patient whose
blood glucose is 427? Administer 28 units of insulin and call the MD
C. Using the moderate dose scale, how much insulin would you give to a
patient who was 121? None.

18.Order: Heparin 2,000 unit subcut daily.


Available: Heparin labeled 2,500 units per mL.
Fill in the syringe with the appropriate amount of medication.

2000/2500 = 0.8 ml

19.Order: Cefaclor 225 mg p.o. q8h is ordered for a child weighing 35 kg.
Available: Cefaclor Oral Suspension 187 mg/5 mL
How many milliliters per dose? (Round to the nearest whole number)

(225/187) x 5 = 6 ml

20. If 500 mL of lactated ringers is to infuse in 4 hours, how many milliliters are
to be administered per hour?

500/4 = 125 ml/hr

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