Long Test in TLE 8 (Caregiving)

Name: ____________________ Date: __________

Yr/Sec: __________ Score: _________

General Directions: Read each item carefully and choose the letter that best corresponds to your answer in a given
statement. Write your answer on the space provided before each number. Show your solution on a separate sheet for items
requiring for calculations. (3 pts each)
______ 1. There are five nurses for every thirty-five patients which equals to 10 nurses for seventy patients. We can express
this in proportion as:
A. 10:35::5:70 B. 1:5::35:70 C. 5:10::35:70 D. 5:35::10:70
______ 2. If 1 pad has 20 tablets, then the number of pads compared to the number of tablets is 1 to 20. In ratio, it is written
as:
A. 1:20 B. 1/20 C. 20::1 D. 20;1
______ 3. It is an equation of two ratios which can also be expressed as two fractions.
A. ration B. factors C. fraction D. proportion
______ 4. Find the value of x using the equation 2500 mg : 10 tablets :: X : 3 tablets
A. 1500 mg B. 750 mg C. 500 mg D. 7500 mg
______ 5. How many nurses will take charge of 15 patients if 6 nurses handle 30 patients?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 7
______ 6. Determine the weight of your patient in kilograms who weighs125 lbs.
A. 65.8 kg B. 68.5 kg C. 58.6 kg D. 56.8 kg
______ 7. How many milligrams of a medicine are in 3 tablets if 2 contain 10mg?
A. 5 mg B. 10 mg C. 15 mg D. 20 mg
______ 8. Each nurse station at the hospital requires 8 nurses every shift schedule. If there are 3 shifts in one day, how many
nurses are required to be at the hospital each shift if it has a total of 48 nurse stations?
A. 1,152 nurses B. 248 nurses C. 1,248 nurses D. 384 nurses
______ 9. Convert 36.5 degrees Celsius to Fahrenheit.
A. 65.7 B. 97.7 C. 75.6 D. 77.9
______ 10. Convert 94 degrees Fahrenheit to Celsius.
A. 62 B. 34.4 C. 43.4 D. 26
______ 11. What is the dosage to be given if the Desired dose is 15 mg of morphine IV, the volume on hand is 1 ml and the
concentration is 10 mg?
A. 1 ml B. 0.5 ml C. 2 ml D. 1.5 ml
______ 12. Doctor Coco orders 20 mg of morphine to be administered intravenously to a patient with substernal chest pain.
You have 1 ml vial that contains 10 mg of morphine (10mg/ml). How many ml are you going to draw?
A. 1 ml B. 0.5 ml C. 2 ml D. 1.5 ml
______ 13. 150,000 cg – dag
A. 150 dag B. 10.5 dag C. 150 dam D. 1.05 g
______ 14. 22.67 das – mcs
A. 22.6700 mcs B. 22.67000 mcs C. 2.2670 mcs D. 2267000 mcs
______ 15. Calculate for a suppository dosage supposing a patient needs 580 mg of a suppository and a package contains
175 mg.
A. 3.31 enema B. 33.1 suppository C. 3.31 suppository D. 3 enemas

Part II: Complete the table

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Quantity 1: ___________ Quantity 2: ___________ Quantity 3: ___________ Quantity 4: ___________

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