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A prescription reads: "take 2 tsp PO Q,6H x 7 days." How
many milliliters must be dispensed to complete 7 days of
therapy?
A pediatric patient i s receiving 5.25 mL of drug every
4 hours. How many milliliters will be required for the
entire day? Round to the nearest whole number.
A patient requires 410.9 mg of a drug daily. The daily
dose will be divided for BID administration. How many
milligrams will the patient receive BID? Round to the nearest
whole number.
Enoxaparin 56.5 mg was ordered for a patient. The hospital
rounds enoxaparin doses to the nearest 10 mg. What dose should
be dispensed?
A patient is 5'2" tall. What is her height in centimeters? Round to
the nearest whole number.
A patient weighs 176 pounds. What is the patient's weight in
kilograms?
How many milliliters are in 5 liters?
Convert 5000 mL to liters
How many nanograms are equal to 5 kg?
How many grams are equal to 50,000,000 nanograms?
SJ is a female patient in the internal medicine unit receiving
treatment following a motor vehicle accident. Her medications
include lorazepam, morphine and phenytoin. Her serum albumin
is 1.8g/dLand her phenytoin level is 9.6 mcg/mL. Calculate SJ's
corrected phenytoin level using the formula provided. Round to
the nearest one decimal place.

Formula:
- Phenytoin corrected (mcg/mL) = Total phenytoin measured / [
(0.2 x albumin) + 0.1]
- Use serum phenytoin in mcg/mL and albumin in g/dL in the cor-
rected phenytoin formula. The units are NOT intended to cancel
out
HT is a 16 year old female who complains of weakness, fatigue
and heavy menstrual periods. She is diagnosed with anemia.
HT takes ferrous sulfate 220 mg once daily. What is the daily
amount of elemental iron (in milligrams) that HT receives from the
supplement? Ferrous sulfate is 20% elemental iron.
How many grams of bacitracin and nystatin are required to pre-
pare 150 g of a 2:3 topical bacitracin:nystatin ointment?
The pharmacist consulted to convert patient from prednisone 10
mg PO BID to an equivalent dose of oral dexamethasone given
once daily. What is the equivalent daily dose? Prednisone 5 mg =
dexamethasone 0.75 mg
If one 10 mL vial contains 0.05 g of diltiazem, how many milliliters
should be administered to provide a 25 mg dose of diltiazem ?
Digoxin injection is supplied in ampules of 500 meg per 2 mL. How
many milliliters must a nurse administer to provide a dose of 0.2
mg?
A 45 milliliter nasal spray delivers 20 sprays per milliliter of so-
lution. Each spray contains 1.5 mg of active drug. How many
milligrams of drug are contained in the 45 mL package?
A metered dose inhaler provides 90 micrograms of albuterol sul-
fate with each inhalation. The canister provides 200 inhalations.

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If the patient uses the entire canister, how many total milligrams
will the patient have received?
How many grains of aspirin will be contained in each capsule?
Round to the nearest tenth.

Prescription:
- Aspirin 6 g
- Phenacetin 3.2 g
- Caffeine 0.48 g
M. ft. no. 20 caps

Sig: One capsule Q6H PRN pain

A pharmacist receives a prescription for "Vigamox 0.5%. Dis-
pense 3 mL. 1 gtt tid ou x 7d". How many drops will the patient
use per day?
a) 1 drop
b) 2 drops
c) 3 drops
d) 6 drops
e) 21 drops
How many milligrams of codeine will be contained in each cap-
sule?

Prescription:
- Codeine sulfate 0.6 g
- Guaifenesin 1.2 g
- Caffeine 0.15 g
M. ft. caps. no. 24

Sig. One capsule TID PRN cough

A 7 year old male child (48 pounds) presents to the urgent care
clinic with a fever of 102"F, and nausea/vomiting that started the
previous day. He will receive an APAP 5 grain suppository for the
fever. A pharmacist receives a prescription for the suppository
with the instructions: Use 1 PR Q4 6H PRN temperature > 102
degrees. How many milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) will the child
receive per dose Round to the nearest whole number.
A pharmacist has tablets that contain 0.25 mg of levothyroxine
per tablet. The tablets will be crushed and mixed with glycerol and
water to prepare a prescription for a 36 pound child. How many
levothyroxine tablets will be needed to compound the following
prescription?

Prescription:
- Levothyroxine Liq. 0.1 mg/mL
Disp. 60 mL

Sig. 0.01 mg per kg PO BID

How many milliliters (mL) of Mylanta suspension are contained in
each dose of the prescription below? Round to the nearest whole
number.

Prescription:
- Belladonna tincture 10 mL
- phenobarbital 60 mL
- Mylanta® susp. qs. ad 120 mL

Sig. 5 mL BID

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