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The order is for cefazolin (Ancef) 750 mg IM.  You have a vial labeled 1 gm in 3 mL sterile water. Your syringe is accurate to 1/100 mL.   How much will you give? _________ml  Round to the hundredth.

Order reads Potassium Chloride 15 mEq (milliequivalents).  The label states 20 mEq/10 ml.  How many mls will you give? Include only number in answer. Round to the tenth.

1 tablespoon = ______ ml Include only number in answer.

Order reads Procardia 20 mg po T.I.D.  The label reads 10 mg/capsule.  How many capsules will you give per day? Include only number in answer.

5. 2 mcg=_________mg

You are to deliver 0.8 mg of a medication. You have a concentration of 250 mcg per mL.  How much will you administer?  Your syringe is accurate to 1/10th mL                 _________mL     

5 mg = _________mcg Include only number in answer.

You are the student nurse and your patient is prescribed a dose of 100mg of Metoprolol Tartrate Tablets to be given at 0900.  On hand you have available Metoprolol Tartrate 50mg tablets.  How many tablets will you administer to the patient?

You have on hand enoxaparin (Lovenox) 30 mg/0.3 mL. You need to administer 1 mg/kg SC. Your patient weighs 200 pounds. How many mL’s will you draw into a syringe? Round to the tenth. 

Order: Erythromycin 750 mgOn hand: Erythromycin 250 mg capsules How many capsules will you administer to the patient?