DRUG CALCULATIONS ACTIVITY –

Please show your computation.

1) Madonna, 60-years old, who has angina is prescribed 135mg Verapamil

TID, the stock available is 90mg. How many tablets will she need to take
for each dose? (express in decimal)
2) 375mg of the drug Bactoclav is prescribed TID. What is the total amount
of Bactoclav in grams to be given in a day?
3) Patient Z weighs 65kg, and she is prescribed with the drug Dopamine at
2.5micrograms/kg/day. What is the total amount of Dopamine that Patient
Z will need?
4) Patient Maria who weighs 65.5kg is prescribed the antibiotic
Clindomycin 3mg/kg/day i.v. Calculate the dose in mg of Clindomycin?
5) A patient is prescribed Heparin 10,000units s.c. Stock available is 4000
units in 0.2cc. What is the volume in cc that the patient will receive?
6) Patient Kino is prescribed Furosemide 70mg i.v to be added to 40cc of
Normal Saline 0.9%. Stock available is Furosemide 20mg/2cc. How many
cc of Furosemide will you need to add to the bag of Normal Saline?
7) A patient with acute illness is prescribed Hartmann’s solution 1L via a
volumetric pump to be infused at 150cc/hr. what is the volume of fluid in
cc remaining after 2.5hours?
8) A 50-year-old woman is prescribed 450cc of 5% Dextrose to run over
5.5hours using a volumetric pump. How many cc/hr will you set the
pump to one decimal place?
9) Sir Johnny is prescribed 450cc of 5% Dextrose to run over 5hours using
an i.v infusion set that delivers 20 drops/cc. To the nearest whole number,
how many drops/min will you need to set the infusion at?
10)A patient is prescribed Erythromycin 430mg in a solution of 100cc 0.9%
Normal Saline to be infused over 1hour. What is the concentration of
Erythromycin on mg/cc.?
IV INFUSION ACTIVITY – Please show your computation.

A. Calculate the cc/hr

1. Physician’s order : 300 cc of PNSS to infuse over 6 hours. What is the

hourly rate?*
a. 90 cc/hr
b. 50 cc/hr
c. 1800 cc/hr
d. 100 cc/hr
2. Physician’s order : 2 L of D5W 1/2 NSS to infuse over 48 hours. What
is the hourly rate?*
a. 42 cc/hr
b. 96 cc/hr
c. 20 cc/hr
d. 24 cc/hr
3. Physician’s order : 100 cc Ceftriaxone Sodium 1G to infuse over 30
minutes. What is the hourly rate?*
a. 200 cc/hr
b. 3000 cc/hr
c. 20 cc/hr
d. 60 cc/hr
4. Physician’s order : 1000 cc of TPN to infuse over 36 hours. What is the
hourly rate?*
a. 28 cc/hr
b. 72 cc/hr
c. 525 cc/hr
d. 3600 cc/hr
5. Physician’s order : 0.8 L of PNSS to infuse over 45 minutes. What is the
hourly rate?*
a. 0.16 cc/hr
b. 1,067 cc/hr
c. 16 cc/hr
d. 106 cc/hr
6. Physician’s order : 250 cc of Vancomycin 300 mg to infuse over 80
minutes. What is the hourly rate?*
a. 500 cc/hr
b. 187.5 cc/hr
c. 150 cc/hr
d. 98 cc/hr

7. Physician’s order : 300 cc of Packed RBCs to infuse over 4 hours. What is

the hourly rate?*
a. 100 cc/hr
b. 75 cc/hr
c. 150 cc/hr
d. 1200 cc/hr
8. Physician’s order : 250 cc of Vancomyin to infuse over 45 minutes. What
is the hourly rate?*
a. 45 cc/hr
b. 125 cc/hr
c. 333 cc/hr
d. 500 cc/hr
9. Physician’s order : 2,500 cc of D5 1/2 NSS to infuse over 48 hours. What
is the hourly rate?*
a. 2,500 cc/hr
b. 1,250 cc/hr
c. 52 cc/hr
d. 25 cc/hr
10. Physician’s order : 2,500 cc of D5 1/4 NSS to infuse over 1 day. What is
the hourly rate?*
a. 104 cc/hr
b. 24 cc/hr
c. 5,000 cc/hr
 d. 140 cc/hr

B. Drip factor

1. Physician’s order: "Infuse 1500 cc of Plain LR over 12 hours." Drip factor:

15 gttss/cc*
A. 31 gttss/min
B. 32 gttss/min
C. 95 gttss/min
D. 15 gttss/min
2. Physician’s order: "300 cc of Ampicillin Sodium 500 mg to infuse over 40
minutes." Drip factor: 20 gttss/cc*
A. 20 gttss/min
B. 80 gttss/min
C. 100 gttss/min
D. 150 gttss/min
3. Physician’s order: "Two 250 cc Packed Red Blood Cells to infuse over 4
hours." Drip factor: 15 gttss/cc*
A. 31 gttss/min
B. 19 gttss/min
C. 30 gttss/min
D. 32 gttss/min
4. Physician’s order: "2L of D5 1/2 Normal Saline with 50 meq Potassium
Chloride to infuse over 48 hours." Drip factor: 15 gttss/cc*
A. 50 gttss/min
B. 20 gttss/min
C. 10 gttss/min
D. 16 gttss/min
5. Physician’s order: "0.4 L of D5W in Normal Saline to infuse over 3
hours." Drip factor: 10 gttss/cc*
A. 20 gttss/min
B. 22 gttss/min
C. 21 gttss/min
D. 30 gttss/min
6. Physician’s order: "0.5 L of Normal Saline to infuse over 6 hours." Drip
factor: 30 gttss/cc*
A. 42 gtts/min
B. 24 gtts/min
C. 425 gtts/min
D. 68 gtts/min
7. Physician’s order: "50 cc of Zofran to infuse over 15 minutes." Drip
factor: 15 gttss/cc*
A. 25 gtts/min
B. 5 gtts/min
C. 50 gtts/min
D. 300 gtts/min
8. Physician’s order: "650 cc of D5W to infuse over 6 hours." Drip factor: 10
gttss/cc*
A. 360 gtts/min
B. 96 gtts/min
C. 9 gtts/min
D. 18 gtts/min
9. Physician’s order: "3 L of D5W with 20 meq of potassium chloride to
infuse over 24 hours" Drip factor: 10 gttss/cc*
A. 21 gtts/min
B. 20 gtts/min
C. 72 gtts/min
D. 86 gtts/min
10. Physician’s order: "500 cc of D5 1/2 Normal Saline with 10 meq of
potassium chloride to infuse over 5 hours " Drip factor: 10 gttss/cc*
A. 71 gtts/min
B. 17 gtts/min
C. 19 gtts/min
D. 56 gtts/min