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Medication: Cefepime Provider’s order: Cefepime 2000 mg IVPB every 8 hrAvailable: Cefepime 1000 mg/100 mL NSInstructions: Infuse over 30 minutesThe administration (tubing) set is 15 gtts/mLIf not administered by a pump, calculate the flow rate.Answer: _____\_\_\_\_\______ gtt/min(Round to the nearest whole number)

Provider’s order:   Infuse 600 mL Lactated ringers (LR) to run at 150 mL/hr How many minutes will it take for the fluids to infuse?     1    min Round to the nearest tenth (if needed)  

Provider’s order:   famotidine 60 mg PO stat Available:               See label image What solution will be used to reconstitute this medication?      1                                       How many mL(s) of this solution will be added to reconstitute this medication?     2     mL How many mL(s) of reconstituted medication will be administered?     3     mL Round to the nearest tenth  

Provider’s order: Amiodarone 0.5 mg/minAvailable: Amiodarone 450 mg/ 250 mL D5W a) If administered by pump, at what rate (mL/hr) should the pump be set? Round to the nearest 10th.

Provider’s order: Epinephrine 2 mcg/minAvailable: Epinephrine 1 mg/ 250 mL D5W a) If administered by pump, at what rate (mL/hr) should the pump be set? Round to the nearest 10th

Match the medication class with the prefix or suffix it is associated with.

A medication used to treat herpes will typically end in [A]

A medication used to treat COPD and Asthma will typically end in [A]

Which of the following medication checks should be completed each and every time prior to giving a medication?

Which terminology refers to movement of a drug from its site of administration into the bloodstream for distribution to the tissues.