NAME __________________________________ DATE _______________

Grade: _______ Points

I. Convert:

1. 7 gm = ___________ mg 11. 1200mg = __________ gm

2. 250 gm = __________ mg 12. 8 L = _________ml

3. 8000 mg = _________ gm 13. 4.32 oz = __________ ml

4. 100ml = _________ L 14. 20,000mg = ________gm

5. 1gm = _________mg 15. 240 ml = __________ onzas

6. 125 ml = _________tsp 16. 180 lb = _______kg

7. 5 tsp = _________ ml 17. 45 kg = _________ lb

8. 1725 ml= ________ lt 18. 1200 ml = _______ oz

9. 925 ml = _________ L 19. 368mg = _________gm

10. 90 ml = __________L 20. 0.008 L = _______ml

21. A patient weights 187 pounds. How much kilograms weights? __________________kg

22. A patient must receive 10 mg of a drug 3 times a day. How much grams will receive in 24

hours? _______________ grams

23. If a patient 44 pounds, how much he weights in kilograms? ______________ kg

24. If a doctor orders to give ½ ounce of a drug to a patient. How many milliliters of the

medication will be offered __________ml.

25. A doctor orders for a patient to ingest 2400ml of liquids per day. How many quarts should

he take? ____________ quarts

Calculate the correct dose to administer the following medication.

1. Valium 5 mg po. The packing says Valium 2 mg per tablet

Must administer _____________ tabs

2. Atacan 16 mg po bid. Available Atacan 8mg per tablet

Must administer _____________ tablets

3. Cimetidine 400mg poq.i.d. . You have available tablets of Tagamet 200mg

Must administer _____________ tablets

4. Toprol XL 100mg po bid. The wrapper of the packing says Toprol XL 25 mg per tablet.

Administer ___________ tablets

5. Augmentin 1 gramo po BID. Wrapper says 400mg/5ml. How many ml you must

administer? _____________ ml

6. Augmentin 200 mg po every 8 hours. The wrapper says 125mg/5ml. How many ml you

must administer ___________ml.

7. Isosorbide 20mg po now. The packing says Isosorbide 10mg per tablet. How much

tablets you must administer? __________ tab

8. Atropine 800mcg IM now. Packing says Atropine sulfate 0.4mg/ml. How many ml you

must administer? ____________ml

9. Valtrex 0.5 g po Daily. The package indicates that every Tablet contains 500mg.

¿Cuantas tabletas debe administrar? _________ tab

10. Albuterol sulfate liquid 4 mg po t.i.d. Package says Ventolin (albuterol sulfate) syrup 2

mg per 5 ml. How many ml must administer? ________ ml

11. Doctor orders Cipro 250mg every 12 hours po per 3 Calculate the total amount of

medication the patient will receive when finalized the therapy ___________mg
12. Patient must receive Augmentin 500 mg every 12 hurs per 10 days. Calculate the total

amount of Augmentin that will receive ____________mg

13. Zoloft 50 mg po daily. Package says Zoloft 100mg per tablet. How many tablets you

must administer? _______________ tab

14. Lipitor 30 mg po daily. On hand Lipitor 10mg per tablet. How many tablets must

administer? __________ tab

15. Clonazepam 1 mg. The package states each Tablet contains 2 mg. How many tablets

you must administer? __________tab

Intravenous Solutions

II. Using the following formula, calculate the dose of intravenous solutions for the
following exercises.

Infusion volume = milliliters / hr

Time of infusion

1. Doctor orders: 250 mL D5% /W over 4 hrs.

What is the drop rate? _____________.

2. Doctor orders: 500 mL ½ nss over 2 hrs.

What is the drop rate? _____________.

3. Doctor orders: 1000 mL R/L over 6 hrs.

What is the drop rate? _____________.

4. Doctor orders: 20 Meq KCL/ 5 mL in 100 mL nss over 30 min.

What is the drop rate? _____________.
 5. Doctor orders: 0.9% ss 100 mL (add) 80 mg gentamycin
(80 mg / 2 mL) over 1 hr. What is the drop rate? _____________.

6. Doctor orders: 300 mL nss over 2 hrs.

What is the drop rate? _____________.

7. Doctor orders: 1000 mL nss over 12 hrs.

What is the drop rate? _____________.

8. Doctor orders: 250 mL D5% / W over 3 hrs by infusion pump.

What is the drop rate? _____________.

III. Using the following formulas of drip factor for the calculation of intravenous
solution to do the following exercises.

Drip/Minutes;

Total Vol infusion x gtts / mL = Sol x gtts

Total time infusion in min Hrs x min

1. Doctor orders: 1000 mL D5 / ½ nss to run in 6 hrs.

Drip factor: 10 gtt/min. _____________.

2. Doctor orders: 1000 mL de D5 / Water to run for 12 hrs.

Drip factor: 20 gtt/min. _____________.

3. Doctor orders: 0.9% nss 250 mL over 2 hrs.

Drip factor: 15 gtt/min. _____________.

4. Doctor orders: 250 mL 0.45% saline solution over 3 hrs by infusion

pump.

Drip factor: 15 gtt/min. _____________.

5. Doctor orders: ½ nss 500 mL with 500 mg of aminophilline to run in 8

hrs. Drip factor 10 gtt / min. _____________.

6. Doctor orders: 3000 mL nss over 24 hrs.

Drip factor: 10 gtt/min. _____________.

7. Doctor orders: 50 mL penicillin IV over 1 hrs.

Drip factor: 60 gtt/min. _____________.

8. Doctor orders: 750 mL D5% nss over 5 hrs.

Drip factor: 20 gtt/min.