Drug Dosage Calculation Test I

1. The doctor ordered Magnesium Sulfate 4gm IV to be given over 20 minutes. Magnesium
Sulfate come in 40gm/1000mL IV bottle. You would set your pump at _____mL/hour.
2. The doctor ordered Magnesium Sulfate 2gm/ hour IV. Magnesium Sulfate come in
40gm/1000mL IV bottle. You would set your pump at _____mL/hour.
3. The physician ordered Ritodrine IV 70mcg/min. The pharmacy sent up Ritodrine 150mg
premixed in 500mL D5W. You would set your IV pump at ________mL/hour
4. The physician ordered Ritodrine IV 50mcg/min. The pharmacy sent up Ritodrine 150mg
premixed in 500mL D5W. You would set your IV pump at ________mL/hour.
5. The physician ordered the pitocin infusion to run at 6mu/min. The pharmacy sent up 10
units of pitocin in 500mL of D5LR. You would set your pump at _____________
mL/hour.
6. The physician ordered the pitocin infusion to run at 16mu/min. The pharmacy sent up 10
units of pitocin in 500mL of D5LR. You would set your pump at _____________
mL/hour.
7. The medications scheduled for your patient include Keflex 1.5 grams in 50 ml of a 5%
Dextrose solution. According to the pharmacy, this preparation should be administered in
30 minutes. You would set your IV pump at __________mL/hour.
8. The physician reduces an IV to 30ml/hour. The IVAC indicates that 270 ml are
remaining in the present IV bag. You notice that it is exactly 10:30 am. At what time will
the infusion be completed?
9. The physician orders 1.5 liters of Lactated Ringers solution to be administered
intravenously to your patient over the next 12 hours. Calculate the rate of flow if the IV
tubing delivers 20gtt/ml.
10. The 10am medications scheduled for your patient include Keflex 2.0 g in 100 ml of a 5%
Dextrose solution. According to the pharmacy, this preparation should be administered in
thirty minutes. You should set your IV pump at _____mL/hour.

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1. 300 mL/hr
2. 50 mL/hr
3. 14 mL/hr
4. 10mL/hr
5. 18mL/hr
6. 48mL/hr
7. 100mL/hr
8. 7:30 P.M.
9. 42 gtts
10. 200mL/hr

Drug Dosage Calculation Test II

1. The 10am medications scheduled for your patient include Keflex 2.0 g in 100 ml of a 5%
Dextrose solution. According to the pharmacy, this preparation should be administered in
thirty minutes. The IV tubing on your unit delivers 10 gtts per milliliter. What is the
correct rate of flow in drops per minute?
2. The physician orders an IV infusion of D5W 1000 ml to infuse over the next eight hours.
You would set your IV pump at _______mL/hour.
3. The physician orders an IV infusion of D5W 1000 ml to infuse over the next eight hours.
The IV tubing that you are using delivers 10 gtt/ml. What is the correct rate of flow
(drops per minute)?
4. The 10am medications scheduled for your patient include Keflex 1.5 G in 50 mL of a 5%
Dextrose solution. According to the pharmacy, this preparation should be administered in
thirty minutes. You should set your IV pump at ______mL/hour.
5. The 10am medications scheduled for your patient include Keflex 1.5 G in 50 mL of a 5%
Dextrose solution. According to the pharmacy, this preparation should be administered in
thirty minutes. The IV tubing on your unit delivers 15 gtts per milliliter. What is the
correct rate of flow in drops per minute?
6. The order reads: "Over the next 4 hours, infuse 500 ml of 5% Dextrose in Normal Saline.
Add 20 MEq of KCl to solution." You should set your IV pumb at ______mL/hour.
7. Your patient has an order to infuse 100 mL of D51/2NS with 10MEq of KCl over the
next thirty minutes. You would set your IV pump at ______mL/hour.
8. A patient, admitted with a head injury, has an order for D5NS at 25 mL/hour. The IV
tubing has a calibration of 10gtt/mL. What is the correct rate of flow for this patient?
9. The physician orders an IV infusion of D5W 1000 mL to infuse over the next eight hours.
The IV tubing that you are using delivers 15gtt/min. What is the correct rate of flow?
10. 0.25g Tetracycline is ordered; available solution contains 50mg per mL. How many mL's
will you give?

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17 dtts
125 mL/hr
21 gtts
100 mL/hr
25 gtts
100mL/hr
200mL
4 gtts
31 gtts

10. 1.5 mL

Drug Dosage Calculation Test III

1. Dilaudid 3 mg IM is ordered for your patient. The only available dosage strength is 2
mg/mL. What amount will you give?
2. 100 mg per tablet is available; how much will you administer if the dosage ordered is 0.1
gram?
3. Potassium penicillin 800,000 u has been ordered for your patient. The available tablets
are 400,000 u each. How many will you give?
4. Azulfidine two grams has been ordered every twelve hours. The available tablets are 500
mg each. What amount will you give?
5. A Potassium penicillin 1,200,000 u has been ordered for your patient. The available
tablets are 400,000 u each. What amount will you give?
6. Premarin 1.25 mg is ordered daily for your patient. The only available tablet strength is
625 mcg. What amount will you give?
7. Azulfidine 1.5 g has been ordered every twelve hours. The available tablets are 500 mg
each. What amount will you give?
8. Sodium Seconal capsules are labeled 100 mg. How many will be administer if the order
is for gr 1 1/2?
9. Imipramine HCL is available in 50 mg tablets. How many tablets will you administer if
the order of for .05 g
10. Ergotrate maleate 200 mcg is ordered. Dosage strength is 0.2 mg. How many tablets will
you administer?

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1. 1.5 mL
2. 1 tab
3. 2 tabs
4. 4 tabs
5. 3 tabs
6. 2 tabs
7. 3 tabs
8. 1 tab
9. 1 tab
10. 1 tab

Drug Dosage Calculation Test IV

1. Clinoril 250 mg is ordered; available tablets are 0.5 g. How many tablets will you give?

2. Motrin 0.6g is ordered; available tablets contain 600 mg. How many tablets will you
give?
3. Morphine sulfate gr 1/8 is ordered for injection for your patient. The available solution is
gr 1/12 per mL.What amount will you give?
4. The doctor ordered Tylenol gr Viii. You have Tylenol 500mg tabs. You need to give
____tab(s).
5. The doctor ordered Phenobarb 40mg. The pharmacy sent up 20mg tabs. You would give
_____ tab(s)
6. The doctor ordered Tylenol gr V. The pharmacy sent up Tylenol 300mg tabs. You would
give _____ tab(s)
7. 1.2 million Units of Aqueous Penicillin G is ordered. In stock is Aqueous Penicillin G
1,000,000Units/mL. You would give ______mL.
8. Give Tylenol 30 mg, po. On hand is Tylenol gr ii/5mL. Give _____mL.
9. Give Demerol 35mg from Demerol 50mg/mL vial, IM.
10. Give Demerol 10mg from Demerol 25mg/mL, IM
11. The doctor ordered Phergan 20 mg form Phergan 50mg/1mL. You should give_____mL.
12. Give Benedryl 45 mg from Benedryl 50mg/mL (1mL vial) IM. You should draw up
______mL in a ___________ syringe.
13. Give Benedryl 25 mg from Benedryl 50mg/mL (1mL vial) IM. You should draw up
______mL in a ___________ syringe
14. Give Toradol 45mg. On hand is a vial of Toradol 60mg/2mL. You should draw up ____
mL in a ___________ syringe.

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1. 1/2 tab
2. 1 tab
3. 1.5mL
4. 1 tab
5. 2 tabs
6. 1 tab
7. 1.2mL
8. 1.25mL
9. 0.7mL
10. 0.4mL
11. 0.4mL
12. 0.9mL in a TB syringe
13. 0.5mL in a TB (1mL) syringe
14. 1.5mL in a 3mL syringe

Drug Dosage Calculation Test V

1. A patient is receiving 160 mg of methylprednisolone IM every 12 hours. You have on

hand two vials that each contains 125 mg/2 mL. How much will you draw into a syringe?
2. You have available lorazepam (Ativan) 0.5 mg tablets, and you need to administer 1 mg
PO. How many tablets will you administer?
3. A patient is instructed to take acetaminophen (Tylenol) liquid (elixir) 650 mg qid. The
elixir is 160 mg/5 mL. How many milliliter per dose should the patient take?
4. The physician writes a now order for codeine 45 mg IM for a patient with a vertebral
compression fracture. You have on hand codeine 60 mg/2 mL. How many milliliters
should you give?
5. A patient with heart failure has a daily order for digoxin 0.25 mg PO. Digoxin 0.125 mg
tablets are available. How many tablets should you give?
6. A patient on hemodialysis must maintain careful intake and output. For breakfast he had
1 measured cup of coffee and 3 oz of milk on his cereal. For lunch he drank 6 oz of
lemonade and ate 1 cup of soup. For supper he drank 1 measured cup of coffee. He took
his morning and evening pills with 4 oz of water each time. Has he stayed within his
1000 mL fluid restriction?
7. You have on hand hydromorphone (Dilaudid) 4 mg/mL. You need to administer 0.015
mg/kg to a patient who weighs 150 pounds. How many milliliters should you administer?
8. You have an order to administer 40 mg of methadone SC for opioid detoxification. You
have on hand 30 mg/mL. How much should you draw into the syringe?
9. A patient is placed on methadone maintenance therapy of 15 mg/day PO. It is supplied as
10 mg in 5 mL oral solution. How many milliliters should you instruct the patient to
take?
10. A homebound patient must take 400,000 units of nystatin PO every 4 hours, to swish in
the mouth and then swallow. It is available as 100,000 units/5 mL. The patient has only
household measuring spoons. How should the patient be instructed to take the dose?

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(160 mg X 2 mL) / (125 mg) = 2.6 mL

(1 mg X 1 tablet) / (0.5 mg)= 2 tablets
(650 mg X 5 mL) / (160 mg) = 20 mL
(45 mg X 2 mL) / ( 60 mg)= 1.5 mL
(0.25 mg X 1 tablet) / (0.125 mg)= 2 tablets
Convert first to mL :
o (1 cup X 240 mL) / (1 cup) = 240 mL ,
o (3 oz X 30 mL) / (1 oz) = 90 mL,
o (6 oz X 30 mL)/ ( 1 oz )= 180 mL,
o (4 oz X 30 mL)/ (1 oz )= 120 mL
o 240 + 90 + 180 + 240 + 240 + 120 + 120 = 1230 mL
No, he has exceeded his fluid restriction limit by 230 mL.
7. (0.015 mg X 1 kg X 150 pounds X 1 mL) / ( 1 kg X 2.2 pounds X 4 mg) = 0.26 mL

8. (40 mg X 1 mL) / (30 mL) =1.3 mL

9. (15 mg X 5 mL) / ( 10 mg) = 7.5 mL
10. (400,000 units X 5 mL X 1 teaspoon) / (100,000 units X 5 mL)= 4 teaspoons

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