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1. The document is a calculation worksheet for a nursing student. It contains 15 calculation questions related to dosages of oral and parenteral medications as well as flow rates of intravenous infusions. 2. The questions cover topics like calculating the number of capsules or tablets needed based on a given dosage, determining the volume of a medication to administer based on concentration, and calculating infusion rates and duration based on volume, flow rate, and drop factor. 3. The student must show their work and calculations to receive points for each question.

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Calculation Seatwork

1. The document is a calculation worksheet for a nursing student. It contains 15 calculation questions related to dosages of oral and parenteral medications as well as flow rates of intravenous infusions. 2. The questions cover topics like calculating the number of capsules or tablets needed based on a given dosage, determining the volume of a medication to administer based on concentration, and calculating infusion rates and duration based on volume, flow rate, and drop factor. 3. The student must show their work and calculations to receive points for each question.

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Calculation Seatwork

Name: ________________________________________________ Date: _______________________________ Score: _____________________

Direction: Read carefully each question and compute. Please show your computation.

A. Calculating Oral Medications (1pt each)

1. Amantadine HCL (symmetrel) is an antiviral drug, and 0.2 gram has been ordered for a patient. Each
capsule contains 100 milligrams. How many capsules will you administer to the patient?

2. If a patient is unable to swallow Symmetrel capsules, the patient must receive the oral suspension
labeled 50 milligrams per 5 milliliters. How many milliliters equal 200 milligrams?

3. A patient with tuberculosis has an order for the antitubercular drug ethambutol HCl. Each tablet
contains 400 milligrams. If the order is 1.6 gram p.o., how many tablets will you administer to the
patient?

4. The order reads azythromycin 7.2 mg/kg p.o. qd. Each capsule contains 250 milligrams. How many will
you prepare of this antiviral drug for a patient weighing 154 pounds?

5. The order reads: Zalpidine 10 mg p.o. q12h. Tablets are grain 1/6 each. How many tablets will you
administer to the patient?

B. Parenteral Medications (2 pts each)

6. The patient must receive 250 milligrams of Cephaloridine (Loridine) I.M. the 1 gram vial has the
following directions: Add 4.2 ml of sterile water, where 1 ml = 200 mg. How many minims of this
antibiotic will you administer to the patient?

7. Prepare 1550 milligrams of Ticarcillin (Ticar) from a vial that has the following directions: Add 13 ml of
sterile water to the vial, where 200 mg = 1 ml. How many milliliters contain this dose?

8. The order reads: Methylergonovine maleate 0.0002 g I.M. q4h for five doses. The drug label reads 0.2
milligrams per milliliter. How many milliliters will you administer in one dose?

9. (Please refer to question no. 8) What is the total number of milligrams this patient will receive in five
doses?

10. The drug label reads: Humulin N 1 vial 10 ml where in 100 units per milliliters. Calculate how many
milliliters of insulin you will prepare if the order reads NPH insulin 40 u SC at breakfast.

C. Calculating Flow Rates of Intravenous Infusions and Enteral Solutions. (3 pts each)

11. The patient is to receive 1200 units of heparin q1h IV. If the order is 250 milliliters of 5% D/W with
10,000 units of heparin, how many milliliters per hour will your patient receive of this drug if the label
reads: Heparin Sodium Injection, USP 10,000 units per milliliters?
12. The patient has an IV of 1000 milliliters of 5% D/0.45% NS infusing at a rate of 28 drops per minute.
The drop factor is 10 drops per milliliter. How many milliliters per hour is your patient receiving?

13. An IV of 500 milliliters of 5% D/W is infusing at a rate of 27 drops per minute; the drop factor is 15
drops per milliliter. If this infusion was started at 6 P.M. at what time will it finish?

14. A patient has an IV of 1000 milliliters of 5% D/W. The flow rate is 36 drops per minute. If the drop
factor is 10 drops per milliliter, how many hours will it take this IV to finish?

15. An infusion of 1000 milliliters of 5% D/W is started at 11 am. The flow rate is 20 drops per minute, and
the drop factor is 20 drops per milliliter. At what time will this infusion finish?

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