PRACTICE PROBLEMS ANSWER KEY

1. Convert the following units to the stated equivalent

a. 50 mg = 0.05 g b. 12:05 AM = 0005 international time

c. 2 g = 2000 mg d. 8:45 AM = 0845 international time
e. 40 kg = 88 pounds f. 0.4 L = 400 mL
g. 0.425 mg = 425 mcg h. 0.06 g = 60 mg
i. 5 g = 5000,000 mcg j. 30000 mcg = 0.03 g
k. 100 mL = 0.1 L l. 5 mcg = 0.005 mg
m. 5:45 PM = 1745 international time n. 30 g = 30,000 mg
o. 0418 = 4:18 AM traditional time p. 350,000 mcg = 0.35 g

2. Order: furosemide 30mg po q12

Available:

How many tablet(s) will you give each day? Ans: 3 tablets

3. A 32-pound child is to receive amoxicillin 45mg/kg po in equally divided doses TID. How much will
you give during an 8-hour shift? Ans: 218.18 mg (pediatric rounding rule)

4. A 34-pound child is to receive Zithromax 8mg/kg PO.

How much Zithromax will you give? (Round to 1 decimal place.) Ans: 123.6 mg

5. Administer Tylenol liquid 40 mg by mouth. Available: 80 mg/mL. How many mL will you administer?
Ans: 0.5 ml

6. Ordered: Lanoxin elixir 75 mcg to a child who weighs 50 pounds. Available: Lanoxin elixir 50
mcg/mL. How many mL will you administer? Ans: 1.5 ml

7. 4 tsp = 20 ml

8. 5oz = 150 mL

9. Order: Lisinopril 40 mg PO twice a day.

Available: 20 mg tablets.
Ans: Administer 2 tablet per dose.
10. Order: Potassium chloride 25 mEq po twice daily.
Available: Potassium chloride liquid 30 mEq in 15 ml.
Ans: Administer 12.5 mL/dose.

11. Order: Augmentin 100 mg PO.

Available: 125 mg/5 mL.
Ans: Administer 4 ml

12. Order: Aqueous Penicillin 750,000 units IM now.

Available: Aqueous Penicillin 1,000,000 units/2 mL.
Ans: Administer 1.5 mL.

13. A 34-pound child is to receive Chloral Hydrate 20 mg/kg PO.

Ans: Administer 309.09 mg/dose (pediatric rounding rule)

14. Order: Phenergan 12.5 mg IM every 6 hours prn nausea.

Available: 0.05 g/mL.
Ans: Administer 0.25 mL per dose.

15. Order: Lanoxin Elixir 140 mcg by mouth.

Available Lanoxin Elixir 50 mcg in 1 ml.
Ans: Administer 2.8 mL/dose.

16. Order: Tylenol liquid 160 mg by mouth.

Available: 120 mg/2 mL.
Ans: Administer 2.7 mL/dose (rounding rule).

17. Order: Levothyroxine 0.175 mg po daily.

Available: 175 mcg tablets available.
Ans: Administer 1 tablet/dose.

18. Order: Toprol 150 mg PO every am.

Available: Toprol 75 mg/tablet.
Ans: Administer 2 tablets/dose.

19. Order: Spironolactone 50 mg po twice daily for hypertension.

Available: Spironolactone 100 mg scored tablets.
Ans: Administer 0.5 tablet/dose.
20. A child weighs 21 pounds. The physician ordered 350,000 units/kg of Penicillin G Potassium every
day. The available concentration is 250,000 units/2 mL.
Ans: Administer: 6.68 mL every 6 hours (pediatric rounding rule).

21. Order: Penicillin G procaine 500,000 units IM BID

Available: Penicillin G procaine 300,000 units/mL
Ans: Administer 1.7 mL per dose (rounding rule)

22. 300 mL = 10 oz

23. Order: Nitrostat 300 mcg

Available: Nitrostat 0.3 mg tablets
Ans: Administer 1 tablet

24. If a medicine bottle contains 14 doses, how many bottles are used for 28 doses?
Ans: 2 bottles

25. Express 20 milliequivalents using correct notation.

Ans: 20 mEq

26. What is the abbreviation for 'units'?

“units” (the word must be spelled out)

27. A 30-pound child is to receive amoxicillin 40mg/kg po in equally divided doses TID. How much will
you give on your 8-hour shift? (Round to 1 decimal place.)
Ans: 181.8 mg

27. Administer Tylenol liquid 30mg by mouth. Available: 80 mg/mL. How many mL will you
administer?
Ans: 0.375 ml rounded to 0.4 ml (rounding rule)

29. Ordered: Lanoxin elixir 150 mcg to a child who weighs 50 pounds. Available: Lanoxin elixir 50
mcg/mL. How many mL will you administer?
Ans: 3 mL
30. Which measuring device is best to measure 1 ounce of a drug solution?
a.

b.

c.

Correct Answer
d.