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Verizon 12:25 PM ge Calculations Practice Problems Open with Print .A physician

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Question

Verizon 12:25 PM ge Calculations Practice Problems Open with Print .A physician orders 12 mg of medication to be delivered to your patient. If 30 mL of the solution contains 20 mg of active drug, how many millliters will you need to administer? 2. A physician orders 5 mg of Drug A to be given to a patient. The drug comes supplied as 2mg/ml How many mers should be administered? s. A dosage schedule for pediatric use of albuterol (0.5%) is 0.03 mL/kg. You have a 22-lb, 12- month-old patient in the emergency department. How many miiters of solution will you need? 4. You have atropine 0.4 mg/mL in a vial of liquid. How many milliliters would be needed for a 1.0- mg dose? 5.A physician orders 3 mL of 0.83% albuterol. How many milligrams of medication would you administe 6.Atrovent® is supplied as a 0.02% solution. If you administer 2.5 mL to a patient, how many milligrams are you giving? 7. How many cubic centimeters do you need for a 2.5-mg dose of Drug A, using a 0.1% solution? 8. A physician orders 5 mL of a medication to be administered to your patient. If the drug is supplied as 10 mg in 20 mL of solution, how many milligrams of active drug will you be givin

Explanation / Answer

Dosage calculation problem answers:

1. ANS: 18 milliliters

2. ANS: 2.5 milliliters

3. ANS: 0.3 milliliters

4. ANS: 2.5 milliliters

5. ANS: 2.5 milligrams

6. ANS: 0.5 milligrams

7. ANS: 2.5

8. ANS: 2.5 milligrams

Converting formulas:

mg/ml to % solution: Move the decimal 1 place to the left, then after moving add the % sign
Ex: 20 mg/ml = 2%

% to mg/ml solution: Drop % sign and move the decimal one place to the right, then add units
Ex: 1% = 10 mg/ml