DOSAGE CALCULATION PRACTICE

1. Order: 5% D 0.45% NaCl 55mL IV over 3 hours. Find the pump setting in milliliters per hour.
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2. Order: Ringer’s Lactate 500 mL IV over 12 h. Find the flow rate in drops per minute if the drop factor is 15
gtt/mL.
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3. NS is infusing intravenously at 75 mL/h. How long will it take for 500 mL to infuse?
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4. Order: 1000mL NS infuse at 75 mL/h. The infusion starts at 7 AM on Tuesday. When is the infusion
scheduled to be completed?
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5. Order: 500 mL NS IV run 75 mL/h. How many milliliters will infuse in 3 hours?
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6. Find the flow rate in drops per minute that is equivalent to a flow rate of 75 mL/h when you are using
20 gtt/mL macrodrip tubing.
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7. A pump is set at 200 mL/h. Find the flow rate in gtt/min if the drop factor is 10 gtt/mL.
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8. An infusion is running at 50 mL/h. Find the equivalent flow rate in gtt/min when the drop factor is 15
gtt/mL.
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9. Order: NS 750 mL IV infuse at 75 mL/h. If the IV started at 11 PM on Wednesday, at what time will it
finish?
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10.Order: 1000mL D5 ½ NS to run at 90 mL/h. Find the drip rate for 15 gtt/mL tubing.
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11.Order: RL 1000mL IV 8 AM to 8 PM. What is the pump setting in mL/h?
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12.The physician ordered 750 mL of NS IV for 8 hours. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute. The drop
factor is 10 gtt = 1 mL.
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13.The patient is to receive 375 mL of RL over 3 hours. Set the rate on the infusion pump in milliliters per
hour.
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14.Order: 1000 mL D5W to infuse at 125 mL/h. How long will this infusion take to finish?
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15.How many milligrams of sodium chloride are contained in 1 L of 0.225% NaCl?
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16.Calculate the BSA of a patient who is 5 feet 2 inches and weighs 100 pounds.
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17.If an IV starts at 2300h on Wednesday and lasts for 13 hours, when does it finish?
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18.Order: ampicillin sodium 500 mg IVPB q6h infuse in 15 min. Find the dosage rate of this antibiotic in
mg/min.
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19.A patient with a systemic infection must receive 500 mg of ampicillin sodium IV over 60 minutes. The
concentration of the IV solution is 30 mg/mL. What is the flow rate of this antibiotic drug in mcgtt/min?
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20.An IV is infusing at 80 mL/h. The concentration in the IV bag is 40 mg in 200 mL NS. What is the dosage
rate in mg/min?
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21.An IV is infusing at 0.5 mg/min. The concentration in the IV bag is 25 mg in 200 mL 0.9% NaCl. What is the
pump setting in mL/h?
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22.An IV is infusing at 15 gtt/min. The concentration in the IV bag is 40 mg in 250 mL NS. The drop factor is
10 gtt/mL. What is the dosage rate in mg/min?
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23.An IV is infusing at 40 milliunits/min. The concentration in the IV bag is 10 units in 250 mL D5W. The drop
factor is 10 gtt/mL. What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
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24.LR 125 mL/h via gravity flow using tubing calibrated at 15 gtt/mL. calculate the flow rate.
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25.One liter NS to infuse over 24 hours using a microdrip (gravity flow). Calculate the flow rate.
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26.At the change of shift you notice 200 mL left to count in the IV bag. The IV is infusing at 80 mL/h. How
much longer will the IV run? (Express your answer in hours and minutes.)
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27.Keflin 2 g in 100 mL D5W IVPB over 20 minutes. The IV tubing is gtt/mL. Calculate the flow rate.
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28.The physician writes an order for heparin 900 units/hr. The label on the IV bag reads: Heparin 10,000
units in 500 mL D5W. How many mL/h will deliver the correct dose?
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29.Administer Heparin 1000 units/hr from an IV bag mixed 40,000 units in 1 L D5W. How many mL/h will
deliver the correct amount of heparin?
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30.The patient’s heparin is infusing at 28 mL/h on an infusion pump. The bag of fluid is mixed 20,000 units of
heparin in 500 mL D5W. What hourly dose of heparin is the patient receiving?
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31.The patient’s heparin drip is infusing at 11 mL/hr on an infusion pump. The bag of fluid is mixed 25,000
units of heparin in 250 mL D5W. What hourly dose of heparin is the patient receiving?
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32.Give Regular insulin by continuous IV infusion at 20 units/hr. The solution is 250 mL NS with 100 units of
Regular insulin. Wat rate on the infusion pump will deliver the correct dose?
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33.Administer a Theophylline drip at 40 mg/hr IV. The solution is 250 mL D5W + Theophylline 500 mg. What
rate on the infusion pump will deliver the correct dose?
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34.Give Tridil 15 mcg/min. Tridil is mixed 50 mg in 500 mL D5W. What rate on the infusion pump will deliver
the correct dose?
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35.Give propofol 10 mcg/kg/min. The infusion is mixed propofol 250 mg in 250 mL D5W. The patient weighs
168 pounds. What rate on the infusion pump will deliver the correct dose?
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36.Give Nitroprusside 5 mcg/kg/min. via continuous infusion for a patient weighing 205 pounds.
Nitroprusside is available in a solution of 200 mg in 250 mL D5W. What rate on the infusion pump will
deliver the correct dose?
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37.Tridil is infusing at 15 mL/h on an infusion pump. The drug is mixed 50 mg in 500 mL D5W. How many
mcg/minute is the patient receiving?
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38.A lidocaine drip is infusing at 30 mL/h on an infusion device. The drug is mixed 2 g in 500 Ml D5W. How
many mg/minute is the patient receiving?
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39.Aminophylline is infusing at 30 mL/h. The drug is mixed 250 mg in 500 mL D5W. How many mg/h is the
patient receiving?
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40.Ordered: 500 mL 5% Dextrose 0.45% NS over 3 hours. Find the flow rate per hour.
A. 125 mL
B. 167 mL
C. 250 mL
D. 500 mL
41.Find the flow rate in mL per hour. 300 mL NS over 2 hours
A. 150 mL
B. 200 mL
C. 300 mL
D. 600 mL
42.Calculate the flow rate for manually regulated IV using the drops per minute. Ordered: 500 mL NS gtt/mL.
Write the number only of the drops per minute. ___________
43.Find the flow rate in mL per hour. 3000 mL 0.45% over 24 hours.
A. 75 mL
B. 100 mL
C. 125 mL
D. 150 mL
44.Ordered: 1000 mL LR over 6 hours. Find the flow rate in mL per hour.
A. 17 mL
B. 167 mL
C. 175 mL
D. 217 mL
45.Find the flow rate in mL per hour. 1000 mL NS over 12 hours.
A. 83
B. 94
C. 100
D. 125
46.Find the flow rate in mL per hour. 1500 mL RL over 12 hours.
A. 83
B. 94
C. 100
D. 125
47.Ordered: 500 mg ampicillin in 100 mL NS to infuse over 30 minutes. What is the flow rate?
A. 20 mL
B. 50 mL
C. 100 mL
D. 200 mL
48.Find the flow rate in mL per hour. 750 mL NS over 8 hours
A. 83
B. 94
C. 100
D. 125
49.Find the flow rate in mL per hour. 20 mEq KCL in 50 mL NS over 30 minutes
A. 83
B. 94
C. 100
D. 125
50.Find the flow rate in mL per hour. 40 mEq KCL in 100 mL NS over 45 minutes.
A. 66 mL
B. 75 mL
C. 125 mL
D. 133 mL