Basic Medication Quiz Please Circle your final answer
1. Order: Infuse 100 mL/hr of LR IV.
Drop factor: 15 gtt/mL
Calculate the drops per minute
100mL x 15gtt / 60 min = 25gtt/min
2. Order: Tagamet 20 mg/kg/day PO divided into 4 equal doses.
Drug available: Tagamet syrup 150 mg/5 mL.
Child’s weight: 8 lb 8 oz
Calculate how many mL you should give per dose.
8lb 8 oz = (3.86kg)(20mg) = 77.2 / 4 equal doses= 19.3mg per dose
19.3mg/150mg x 5mL=0.64mL per dose
3. You need to run 250 mL of LR with 5 mu of PCN G over 30 min and do not have a pump. How many
drops per minute should you count with a drop factor of 20?
250mL x 20gtt / 30min = 167gtt/min
4.
Drug available: See label of Kefzol above.
In order to reconstitute the vial of Kefzol, how many milliliters
of diluent should you add to the vial of powder?
2.5 mL sterile water
5. Order: Kefzol 250 mg IM every 8 hours.
Drug available: See label of Kefzol above
After the Kefzol is reconstituted, calculate how many mLs of cefazolin should be given every 8 hours?
250mg / 1000mg x 3mL = 0.75mL q 8 hours OR 250mg / 330mg x 1mL = 0.75mL
KEFZOL
CEFAZOLIN FOR INJECTION
Equivalent to
Cefazolin
DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION
Intramuscular Administration-Reconstitute 1 g
vial by adding 2.5 Sterile Water for Injection.
Shake well to dissolve. Approximately 3 mL
available volume. Each mL contains 330 mg of
cefazolin. Usual Adult Dose- 250 mg-1 gram
every 6-8 hours.
1 g
