Practice problems
| # | Question |
|---|---|
| 1 | How many g of sodium chloride are required to prepare a bag of 250 ml NS for intravenous infusion? |
| 2 | How many g of dextrose are required to prepare a bag of 500 ml D5W for intravenous infusion? |
| 3 | Calculate the infusion time for volume of 750 ml infusing at a rate of 75 ml/hr. |
| 4 | Calculate the infusion time in minutes for a volume of 400 mL infusing at 54 gtt/min with an infusion set of 60 gtt/mL. |
| 5 | A volume of 2250 mL is to infuse at 25 mL/hr using an IV set with drop factor of 10 gtt/mL. The infusion was started at 21:35. Calculate : a) gtt/min; b ) infusion time; c) completion time |
| 6 | A solution containing 30ml of antibiotic is added to 220ml of 5 % dextrose injection. The infusion is to be administered over 2 hours. If the administration set delivers 20 drops/ml, at what rate, in drops per minute, should the flow be adjusted to administer the infusion over the designated time interval? |
| 7 | A patient, admitted with a head injury, has an order to start 1000cc of D5NS at 12ml/hour. The IV tubing has a calibration of 60 gtt/ml. What is the drip rate? |
| 8 | A physician ordered: Penicillin G Potassium 4000000 units IV in 1050ml D5W to infuse over 8 hours. The penicillin vial states: Penicillin G Potassium 1000000 units and to reconstitute dilute with 1.8 mL of D5W to yield 500000 units per mL. Drop Factor for the administration set is 20gtts/ml. a) How much penicillin should be added to the 1050 mL of D5W? b) What should be the drip rate? c) What is the volume occupied by the powder? |
| 9 | A patient is to receive 50 mg of drug in 1000 mL of a large volume parenteral fluid. a) What would be the correct flow rate in mL/min to deliver 4 mg per hour? b) If the IV administration set is calibrated to deliver 10 drops/mL what would be the correct drip rate (to the nearest whole number)? |
| 10 | 1200 units/hr of heparin have been ordered. The pharmacy has a bag of IV fluid with 25000 units of heparin in 500 ml D5W. What is the flow rate in ml/hr? |
| 11 | Heparin comes premixed in a bag which contains 25000units in 500ml. If a standard infusion rate for a patient is 10 units/kg/hr, how many milliliters/hour will a 206 pound male receive? |
| 12 | A drug comes at a concentration of 1.30 mg/ml. If a patient is doses at 7 mcg/kg/min, calculate the required rate of infusion for this solution in ml/hr for a patient that weighs 115 kg. |
| 13 | An order reads furosemide (Lasix) 34 mg IV push. You have on hand 20 mg/ 2 ml . How much should you draw into the syringe? |
| 14 | You have on hand diazepam (Valium) 5 mg/mL. You need to administer 19 mg IV push stat. to a patient having a seizure. How much should you draw into the syringe? |
| 15 | A pediatric patient received 100 ml of an infusion at 19 drops/minute with administration set that delivered 60 drops/ml. Calculate the duration of the infusion in hours. |
| 16 | A vial contains 5 g of powdered drug. The label states that when 10 ml of diluent are added, the solution which results contains a drug concentration of 480 mg/ml. a) What is the volume of injection occupied by the powder? b) How many milliliters of diluent should be added to the vial for a medication order that calls for a drug concentration of 300 mg/ml? |
| 17 | A physician has written an order to begin dopamine at 17 mcg/kg/min for a 219 pound patient.A standard dopamine drip is 400 mg in 500 ml D5W. Please calculate an infusion rate in ml/hr for this patient. |
Answers
The Answer to question 1 is: 2.25 grams
The Answer to question 2 is: 25.00 grams
The Answer to question 3 is: 10 hours and 0 minutes
The Answer to question 4 is: 444 minutes
The Answer to question 5 is: a)4 drops/min; b)90.0 hours; c)15:35
The Answer to question 6 is: 42 drops/min
The Answer to question 7 is: 12 gtt/min
The Answer to question 8 is: a)8 ml b)44 gtt/min c)0.20 ml
The Answer to question 9 is: 1.33 ml/min; 13 gtt/min
The Answer to question 10 is: 24 ml/hr
The Answer to question 11 is: 18.7 ml/min
The Answer to question 12 is: 15480.77 ml/hr
The Answer to question 13 is: 3.4 ml
The Answer to question 14 is: 3.80 ml
The Answer to question 15 is: 5.26 hrs
The Answer to question 16 is: a) 0.42 ml; b) 16.25 ml
The Answer to question 17 is: 126.9 ml/hr