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Title: Nursing Drug Calculation
Description: This document contains a study guide and explanation along with examples for calculating drug dosage for patients by nurses.
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Nursing Drug dosage Calculations examples and explanation

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The prescriber ordered acetaminophen 650 mg po every 6 hours as needed for a
temperature greater than 38Β°C
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If the client's temperature is 101Β°F, then how
many mL will the client take at this time?
π‘ͺ𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕: π‘­π’‚π’“π’†π’π’‰π’†π’Šπ’• 𝒕𝒐 π‘ͺπ’†π’π’„π’Šπ’–π’”

To convert temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit to Celsius, subtract 32 and multiply by
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(101Β°F βˆ’ 32) Γ— 5/9 = 38
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8 ml (0
...
51 US fl oz), and an Australian tablespoon is 20 ml
(0
...


𝒙=

π·π‘’π‘ π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œπ‘ π‘’
Γ— π‘„π‘’π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘‘π‘¦ π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘‰π‘œπ‘™π‘’π‘šπ‘’
π‘†π‘‘π‘œπ‘π‘˜ π‘œπ‘› π»π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘

𝒙 = 650π‘šπ‘”/325π‘šπ‘” Γ— 15 π‘šπΏ
𝒙 = 2 Γ— 15 π‘šπΏ
𝒙 = 30 π‘šπΏ

Since the patient has a temperature of 38
...


3
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Your
supply includes morphine sulfate in 1 mg/mL and 10 mg/mL concentrations
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5 Γ— 1 π‘šπΏ
𝒙 = 0
...
I will
choose the 10mg/mL ampule of morphine to save time and effort
...

Using the Stock of 10mg/mL supplied by the pharmacy; the Nurse will give 0
...


4
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The nurse is
conducting medication reconciliation and wants to ensure that the client has the correct
number of tablets to for the entire prescription
...
How
many tablets will the client are needed for this entire order?

𝒙=

π·π‘’π‘ π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œπ‘ π‘’
Γ— π‘„π‘’π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘‘π‘¦ π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘‰π‘œπ‘™π‘’π‘šπ‘’
π‘†π‘‘π‘œπ‘π‘˜ π‘œπ‘› π»π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘

𝒙 = 500π‘šπ‘”/250π‘šπ‘” Γ— 1π‘‘π‘Žπ‘π‘™π‘’π‘‘
𝒙 = 2 Γ— 1π‘‘π‘Žπ‘π‘™π‘’π‘‘
𝒙 = 2 π‘‡π‘Žπ‘π‘™π‘’π‘‘π‘  π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦ 12 β„Žπ‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ 
Thus, in a day the patient will receive 4 tablets
...
The patient
should have 40 tablets of ciprofloxacin available in his or her medication cassette or bin
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The order is for 0
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The pharmacy has on
hand: 1 g per 10 ml
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25π‘”π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘šπ‘ /1π‘”π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘š Γ— 10π‘šπΏ
𝒙 = 0
...
5 π‘šπΏ π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦ 6 β„Žπ‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  π‘œπ‘Ÿ 𝑄𝐼𝐷
The patient will receive 2
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6
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25 g p
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four times a day for 10 days Available: Cephalexin 500
mg scored tablets How many tablets will the nurse administer per dose?

Convert grams to mg
multiply the mass value by 1000
Thus , 0
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5 Γ— 1π‘‡π‘Žπ‘π‘™π‘’π‘‘
𝒙 = 0
...
5 Tablet
If it is for 10 days then multiply 2 tablets per day to 10, that will give you 20 Tablets
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5 Tablet is given every 6 hours, in a day we have 24 hours, then, 2 Tablets per day
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The order is to administer 500,000 units of penicillin G IM as a one-time dose
...
How many
mL will the nurse administer?

𝒙=

π·π‘’π‘ π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œπ‘ π‘’
Γ— π‘„π‘’π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘‘π‘¦ π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘‰π‘œπ‘™π‘’π‘šπ‘’
π‘†π‘‘π‘œπ‘π‘˜ π‘œπ‘› π»π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘

𝒙 = 500000π‘ˆπ‘›π‘–π‘‘π‘ /1000000 π‘ˆπ‘›π‘–π‘‘π‘  Γ— 4π‘šπΏ

𝒙 = 0
...


8
...
25 Γ— 10π‘šπΏ
𝒙 = 2
...
5mL of Ampicillin IM q8 hours

Title: Nursing Drug Calculation
Description: This document contains a study guide and explanation along with examples for calculating drug dosage for patients by nurses.
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