Drug Computation

Anthony M. Notario LPT RN MAN

You are to administer 10 grains of aspirin, which comes 325 mg
per tablet. How many tablets would you give to administer 10
grains?

A. Half-tablet

B. 1 tablet

C. 10 tablets

D. 2 tablets
An adult dose of drug is 500mg, what is the dose for a two-year-
old child?

a. 110 mg

b. 41.52 mg

c. 63.20 mg

d. 71.42 mg
If an adult dose of drug is 750mg, what is the dose for child
weighing 20 lbs?

a. 250 mg

b. 150 mg

c. 50 mg

d. 100 mg
If an adult dose of drug is 100mg, what would be the dose for a
child that has a body surface area 0.9m2?

a. 12.5 mg

b. 52.02 mg

c. 0.60 mg

d. 2.3 mg
An adult recommended dose of drug is 5mg/kg/day, how
many milligrams of drug is required every four hours? (patient’s
weight = 110 lbs)

a. 41.66 mg

b. 20.34 mg

c. 12.53 mg

d. 49.34 mg
How many grams of Dextrose is present in a 500cc of D5W
solution?

a. 40 grams

b. 5 grams

c. 25 grams

d. 10 grams

 
If an IV order is for 250 cc of D5W to be given every 6 hours,
what would be the flow rate in drops/min? (IV set delivers 20
drops/cc)

a. 19 drops

b. 14 drops

c. 20 drops

d. 15 drops
Three liters of Hartmans is charted over 12 hours. The drop
factor is 15. The IV has been running for 9 hours. 800 ml remain.
How many drops per minute are needed so that the IV finishes
in the required time?

a. 63 drops/min

b. 67 drops/min

c. 73 drops/min

d. 77 drops/min
One liter of Dextrose 5% in water is charted over 3 hours. The
drop factor is 10. The IV has been running for 1 hour and 15
minutes. 500 ml remains. How many drops per minute are
needed so that the IV finishes in the required time?

a. 48 drops/min

b. 45 drops/min

c. 58 drops/min

d. 55 drops/min
One liter of IV Fluids is charted over 11 hours. The drop factor
is 10. The IV has been running for 9 hours and 45 minutes. 100
ml remains. How many drops per minute are needed so that the
IV finishes in the required time?

a. 10 drops/min

b. 11 drops/min

c. 12 drops/min

d. 13 drops/min
The nurse was ordered to administer ampicillin capsule TIP p.o.
The nurse shoud give the medication:

A. Three times a day orally

B. Three times a day after meals
C. Two time a day by mouth
D. Two times a day before meals 
The physician ordered, Maalox, 2 hours p.c, what does p.c
means?
A. As desired
B. Before meals
C. After meals
D. Before bed time
Metropolol (Lopressor), 25 mg PO, is ordered. Available in 50
mg/tab. How many tablet the nurse will give?

a. Half-tab

b. 1 tab

c. 2 tabs

d. 05 tabs
Phenytoin (Dilantin) 100 mg P.O is ordered to be given via
NGT. Available is 30mg/5ml. How much will the nurse give?

A. 16.66 ml

B. 17.5 ml

C. 20.66 ml

D. 15 ml
Theophylline elixir, 100mg PO is ordered via PEG. Available in
80mg/15 ml. How many ml will the nurse give?

a. 17 ml

b. 18.75 ml

c. 19 ml

d. 20.75 ml