Pharmacology Assignment: Dosage Calculation and Intravenous Solutions

This pharmacology assignment provides a comprehensive set of dosage calculation problems, covering various aspects of medication administration. The assignment includes questions on unit conversions (pounds to kilograms, milligrams to grams, ounces to milliliters, milliliters to quarts), calculating correct dosages based on medication strengths and prescribed doses (e.g., Valium, Atacan, Cimetidine, Toprol XL, Augmentin, Zoloft, Lipitor, Clonazepam), and determining the total amount of medication administered over a course of treatment. Additionally, the assignment delves into intravenous (IV) solution calculations, requiring students to determine infusion rates (mL/hr) and drip rates (gtts/min) for different IV solutions and medications, including D5W, normal saline, and potassium chloride, considering factors like infusion time and drip factors. The solutions provided offer detailed step-by-step calculations for each problem, allowing students to understand the process of accurate medication administration.

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21. A patient weights 187 pounds. How much kilograms weights? ______84____________kg
22. A patient must receive 10 mg of a drug 3 times a day. How much grams will receive in 24
hours? ___0.03____________ grams
23. If a patient 44 pounds, how much he weights in kilograms? _20_____________ kg
24. If a doctor orders to give ½ ounce of a drug to a patient. How many milliliters of the
medication will be offered __15________ml.
25. A doctor orders for a patient to ingest 2400ml of liquids per day. How many quarts should
he take? _______2.4_____ quarts
Calculate the correct dose to administer the following medication.
1. Valium 5 mg po. The packing says Valium 2 mg per tablet
Must administer _______2.5_____ tabs
2. Atacan 16 mg po bid. Available Atacan 8mg per tablet
Must administer __2___________ tablets
3. Cimetidine 400mg poq.i.d. . You have available tablets of Tagamet 200mg
Must administer ________2_____ tablets
4. Toprol XL 100mg po bid. The wrapper of the packing says Toprol XL 25 mg per tablet.
Administer _____4______ tablets
5. Augmentin 1 gramo po BID. Wrapper says 400mg/5ml. How many ml you must
administer? _____12.5________ ml
6. Augmentin 200 mg po every 8 hours. The wrapper says 125mg/5ml. How many ml you
must administer ______8_____ml.
7. Isosorbide 20mg po now. The packing says Isosorbide 10mg per tablet. How much
tablets you must administer? ___2_______ tab
8. Atropine 800mcg IM now. Packing says Atropine sulfate 0.4mg/ml. How many ml you
must administer? _____2_______ml
9. Valtrex 0.5 g po Daily. The package indicates that every Tablet contains 500mg.
¿Cuantas tabletas debe administrar? ___1______ tab
10. Albuterol sulfate liquid 4 mg po t.i.d. Package says Ventolin (albuterol sulfate) syrup 2
mg per 5 ml. How many ml must administer? _10_______ ml

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11. Doctor orders Cipro 250mg every 12 hours po per 3 Calculate the total amount of
medication the patient will receive when finalized the therapy __1500_________mg
12. Patient must receive Augmentin 500 mg every 12 hours per 10 days. Calculate the total
amount of Augmentin that will receive ____10000________mg
13. Zoloft 50 mg po daily. Package says Zoloft 100mg per tablet. How many tablets you
must administer? _____1/2__________ tab
14. Lipitor 30 mg po daily. On hand Lipitor 10mg per tablet. How many tablets must
administer? _____3_____ tab
15. Clonazepam 1 mg. The package states each Tablet contains 2 mg. How many tablets
you must administer? ______1/2___tab
Intravenous Solutions
II. Using the following formula, calculate the dose of intravenous solutions for the
following exercises. Infusion volume = milliliters / hr
Time of infusion
1. Doctor orders: 250 mL D5% /W over 4 hrs.
What is the drop rate? ___62.5 ml/hr__________.
2. Doctor orders: 500 mL ½ nss over 2 hrs.
What is the drop rate? _250 ml/hr____________.
3. Doctor orders: 1000 mL R/Lover 6 hrs.
What is the drop rate? __167 ml/hr___________.
4. Doctor orders: 20 Meq KCL/ 5 mL in 100 mL nss over 30 min.
What is the drop rate? ___13ml/min__________.
5. Doctor orders: 0.9% ss 100 mL (add) 80 mg gentamycin
(80 mg / 2 mL) over 1 hr. What is the drop rate? __102ml/hr___________.
6. Doctor orders: 300 mL nss over 2 hrs.
What is the drop rate? _________150 ml/hr___.
7. Doctor orders: 1000 mL nss over 12 hrs.
What is the drop rate? ____83 ml/hr_________.
8. Doctor orders: 250 mL D5% / W over 3 hrs by infusion pump.

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What is the drop rate? ____83ml/hr_________.
III. Using the following formulas of drip factor for the calculation of intravenous
solution to do the following exercises.
Drip/Minutes;
Total Vol infusion x gtts / mL = Sol x gtts
Total time infusion in min Hrs x min
1. Doctor orders: 1000 mL D5 / ½ nss to run in 6 hrs.
Drip factor: 10 gtt/min. ____28_drips/min________.
2. Doctor orders: 1000 mL de D5 / Water to run for 12 hrs.
Drip factor: 20 gtt/min. _28_ drips/min ___________.
3. Doctor orders: 0.9% nss 250 mL over 2 hrs.
Drip factor: 15 gtt/min. ____31 drips/min _________.
4. Doctor orders: 250 mL 0.45% saline solution over 3 hrs by infusion
pump.
Drip factor: 15 gtt/min. ___21 drips/min __________.
5. Doctor orders: ½ nss 500 mL with 500 mg of aminophilline to run in 8
hrs. Drip factor 10 gtt / min. _____10 drips/min ________.
6. Doctor orders: 3000 mL nss over 24 hrs.
Drip factor: 10 gtt/min. _21 drips/min ____________.
7. Doctor orders: 50 mL penicillin IV over 1 hrs.
Drip factor: 60 gtt/min. ___50 drips/min __________.
8. Doctor orders: 750 mL D5% nss over 5 hrs.
Drip factor: 20 gtt/min. 50 drips/min