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Q7. An initial dose of a drug is ordered at 25 mg/hr. The available solution strength is 125 mg/100mL. Calculate the flow rate in mL/hr. (Round to the nearest whole number.)

                 Q45. How many units of insulin are in the syringe above?

Q18. An IV infusion of 1000 mL containing 40,000 units heparin is running at 25 mL/hr. Calculate the units/hr of heparin infusing. (Round the answer to the nearest whole number.)

Q40. The patient has a 20 gauge IV catheter in the lower forearm near the wrist with continuous fluid infusion running. The nurse will recognize this as what kind of IV?

Q32. A nursing student is learning about intramuscular injections. What will the student learn is the maximum volume of medication that can be administered by this route in a single injection for an adult? 

Q17. According to the label, what must be done prior to administering this medication?

Q42. A patient’s IV fluids have been discontinued but the IV catheter will be left in place to enable continuation of intermittent IV medications.  What is the common term used for this type of IV access? 

Q49. The nurse is preparing to administer subcutaneous enoxaparin which is a low-molecular weight heparin. The nurse will administer the injection using which techniques? Select all that apply.

Q4. A nurse is preparing to administer heparin 7,000 units subcutaneously every 12 hr. Available is heparin injection 10,000 units/mL. How many milliliters should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth.)

Q12. The nurse has an order to infuse 1000 units heparin per hour from an available solution strength of 25,000 units in 500 mL D5W. Calculate the flow rate in mL/hr. (Round the answer to the nearest whole number.)