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Order: Digoxin 100 mcg IM daily Available: Digoxin 250 mcg/2 mL for injection How many mL will you administer? Do not round your answer. 

The client had the following during your 8 hour shift. Calculate the clients total intakefor the shift. Use the following equivalents: 1 cup = 8 oz and 1 glass = 6 oz 6 oz bowl of tomato soup 1 glass of Orange Juice 4 oz of Milk  1 cup of coffee  1 cup of water  750 mL of Normal Saline IV fluid Record your answer in mL as a whole number. 

Order: 4,200 units subcutaneous two hours after surgery.  Available: Heparin Sodium Injection, USP. 5,000 USP units per 1 mL. How many mL will the client receive? Provide your answer to the hundreths. 

The recommended dosage of clindamycin oral solution is 10-40 mg/kg/day in 3 divided doses. The child weighs 82 pounds.  What is the safe daily dosage range? Provide the answers as a whole number.  What is the safe range per dose? Round your answers to the whole number.  (This question is worth 1 point; each blank is worth 0.5 points)  

Order: Dobutamine 6 mcg/kg/min Available: Dobutamine 500 mg/500 mL (Critical Care Med) Client weight is 176 pounds.  Blank 1: How many mcg/minute will the client receive. Round your answer to the tenths.  Blank 2: Calculate the rate to set on the IV infusion pump. Round your final answer to the tenths.  (Each blank is worth 1 point.)

Order: Acetaminophen 100 mg PO once Available: Acetaminophen 160 mg/5 mL oral solution The child weighs 16.7 pounds The safe dose of this medication is 10 mg/kg/dose Blank #1: Is the ordered dose safe?  Blank #2: What is the safe dose? (Each blank is worth 1 point.)

Order: Tagamet 800 mg IV each evening Available: Tagamet (cimetidine hcl injection). 8 mL Multi-Dose Vial. 300 mg/2 mL How much will you administer to the client this evening? Round your answer to the tenths. 

Order: 12 mg/kg/day of a medication for a child. The child weighs 62 pounds.  Blank #1: How many mg per day will the child receive? Provide your answer to the tenths.  Blank #2: If this is divided into 3 doses, how many mg per dose will the child receive. Do not round your answer.  (this question is worth 2 points; 1 point per blank.)

250 : 40 :: 105 : X Solve for X

A client is ordered a nitroglycerin (critical care med) drip to infuse at 0.2 mcg/kg/min. The client weighs 263 pounds. The nitroglycerin is available as 50 mg in 250 mL of NS.  Blank #1: What is the client’s weight in kg (remember the rounding rule for weight)?  Blank #2: At what rate will you program the infusion pump? Round your answer to the tenths.  (Each blank is worth 1 point; total 2 points)