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Physician Order: Administer Medication A 6mcg/kg/min Patient’s weight: 165 lbs What weight in kilograms would you use to calculate a medication dose?

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Express this weight in kilograms: 136 lbs Round to 10th’s

Physician Order: Administer Medication A 8 mcg/kg/min Patient’s weight: 188 lbs What weight in kilograms would you use to calculate this dose?

Heparin Provider’s order:                 Start heparin protocol                                                          Initial bolus of 60 units/kg (See label)                                                        And then start continuous infusion of 20 units/kg/hr Available:                           Bolus:  See label Continuous infusion: Heparin 25,000 units/250 mL D5W          Patient weight:                    128 lbs            How many mL(s) will be administered for the bolus?                   __________________ Don’t add any labels for answer. Round to the nearest 10th

IV push/admin time prochlorperazine Provider’s order:                 prochlorperazine 12 mg  IVP every 3-4 hours PRN nausea      Available:                           See label      Recommended rate:            5mg/min                        How many mL(s) of this medication will be administered? ________________________ mL (don’t type in any label, only enter the numeric answer)                                                         

Convert 4.5 g to mcg.

Physician Order: Administer Medication A 20 mcg/kg/min Patient’s weight: 145 lbs Calculate patient’s weight in kilograms that will be used to calculate the medication dose?

Infusion rate/reconstitution ceftriaxone .           Provider’s order:                   ceftriaxone 450 mg IM every 8 hours             Available:                              See label   What solution will be used to reconstitute this medication?  [A] or lidocaine hyrochloride                     How many mL(s) of this solution will be added to reconstitute this medication?   [B] mL    How many mL(s) of reconstituted medication will be administered?  Round to the nearest 10th   [C] mL