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Order:  Vibramycin® (doxycycline) 100 mg by mouth twice daily.   What amount will you administer per dose? (ml)

Order:  Dopamine 7 mcg/kg/min continuous IV infusion.  The patient weighs 185 pounds.  What is the infusion rate?( ml/hr) (round to the nearest tenth)  

What are the common complications with central lines and how can those complications be prevented?

Order:  Zyvox® (linezolid) 600 mg by mouth q 12 hours for pneumonia.  What amount will you administer per dose? (ml)

  Order:  Vibramycin® (doxycycline) 100 mg by mouth twice daily. (Ohh.. it’s “raspberry/apple flavored”?)  What amount will you administer per dose? (ml)

What do you do if a trach is accidently removed and can’t be easily replaced?

Order:  Prednisone 30 mg by mouth every day for three days.  How many tablets will you administer per dose?  

Order:  Furosemide (Lasix®)  30 mg IVP over 2 minutes.  What amount will you administer for this dose? (ml)  

Watch the following video (5:35) and review the skills checklists.  Then answer the following questions. Skill15-7Central_Line.pdf Skill15-8.pdf Skill15-9.pdf Answer the follow 3 questions.

.   Order:  Solumedrol 1.5 mg/kg to be given now.  The patient weighs 44 pounds.  What is the volume that you would administer for this dose based upon the patient’s weight?  (ml)