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    Dosage by Weight Exercises and Answers

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    This document provides practice exercises and answers for calculating dosages by weight. It includes examples of converting between pounds and kilograms, calculating daily and individual doses based on orders, and determining if orders meet recommended guidelines. Clients' weights, medication orders, and recommended dosages from drug labels are given. The answers to calculating the corresponding daily doses, individual doses, and determining if orders meet guidelines are provided.

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    Dosage by Weight Practice Exercises and Answers

    Convert the following pounds to kilograms.


    Weight in Pounds and ounces Weight in Kilogram
    Round to hundredth place.
    1 12 pounds 6 ounces
    2 54 pounds
    3 34 pounds 14 ounces
    4 22 pounds 12 ounces
    5 102 pounds 10 ounces
    6 13 pounds 8 ounces

    Calculate the dosages.


    Read the following client information and medication order:

    Weight: 34 pounds 6 ounces


    Dose ordered: 1.4 mg/kg/day
    Recommended dosage from drug label: 3 mg/every 8 hours

    7. What is the daily dose? __________

    8. What is the individual dose? __________

    9. Does the dose ordered match the recommended dosage? __________

    Read the following client information and medication order:

    Weight: 26 pounds 8 ounces


    Dose ordered: 0.5 mg/kg/q 6 hrs, prn
    Recommended dosage from drug label: dosages vary, not to exceed 45 mg per 24 hours.

    10. What is the daily dose? __________

    11. What is the individual dose? __________

    12. Does the dose ordered meet the recommended dosage guidelines? __________

    Read the following client information and medication order:

    Weight: 22 pounds
    Dose ordered: 0.25 mcg/kg/every 8 hours
    Recommended dosage from drug label: no more than 5 mcg/24 hours

    13. What is the daily dose? __________

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    14. What is the individual dose? __________

    15. Does the dose ordered meet the recommended dosage guidelines? __________

    16. The order is for theophylline 55 mg four times a day via nasal gastric tube. The
    recommended dosage is 22 milligrams per kilogram every six hours. The child
    weighs 10 kg. The dose will be ____________________.
    Cefuroxine 375 milligram IV is ordered every eight hours for a child whose weight is 45
    pounds. The recommended dose is 50 mg/kg/day.
    17. What is the daily dose? __________

    18. What is the individual dose? __________

    19. Does the dose ordered meet the recommended dosage guidelines? __________

    An infant with a urinary tract infection has an order for ampicillin IV 125 mg every six
    hours. The infant weighs 10 pounds. The recommended dose is 50 mg/kg/day in every
    six hours.

    20. What is the daily dose? __________

    21. What is the individual dose? __________

    22. Does the dose ordered meet the recommended dosage guidelines? __________

    A 6 pound 8 ounce infant has an order for vancomycin IV. The recommended dosage is
    10 mg/kg/ every 12 hours for the first week of life.

    23. What is the weight in kilograms?

    24. What is the daily dose? __________

    25. What is the individual dose? __________

    Answers are given on the next page.

    Developed by Michele Lesmeister 5/6/2022


    Answer Key

    1. 5.63 kg
    2. 24.55 kg
    3. 15.85 kg
    4. 10.34 kg
    5. 46.65 kg
    6. 6.14 kg
    7. 21.8 mg/day
    8. 7.3 mg /dose
    9. No, contact the physician for clarification.
    10. 24 mg/day
    11. 6 mg/every 6 hours
    12. Yes
    13. 7.5 mg/day
    14. 2.5 mcg every 8 hours
    15. No, contact the physician for clarification.
    16. 55 mg/q six hours
    17. 1125 mg/day
    18. 375 mg/every 8 hours
    19. No, too high. Contact physician for clarification.
    20. 125 mg.6 hr
    21. 227.5 mg/day
    22. No, recommended dose is 227.5 mg/day. Contact the physician for
    clarification.
    23. 2.95 kg
    24. 29.55mg/12 hours
    25. 59.1 mg

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