You are the student nurse and your patient is prescribed a dose of 100mg of Metoprolol Tartrate Tablets to be given at 0900.  On hand you have available Metoprolol Tartrate 50mg tablets.  How many tablets will you administer to the patient?

You have on hand enoxaparin (Lovenox) 30 mg/0.3 mL. You need to administer 1 mg/kg SC. Your patient weighs 200 pounds. How many mL’s will you draw into a syringe? Round to the tenth. 

Order: Erythromycin 750 mgOn hand: Erythromycin 250 mg capsules How many capsules will you administer to the patient?

You are caring for a patient who has sliding scale insulin ordered. Below are the standing orders for your institution.  His orders read to use the low dose coverage algorithm.  His current glucometer reading is 214.  How much (if any) lispro insulin will you administer? ___________units Only include number in the answer for credit. Must show work on dry erase board.   Pre-meal blood glucose mg/dl Low-dose Algorithm Medium-dose Algorithm High-dose Algorithm 349 5 units lispro and call house officer 8 units lispro  and call house officer 12 units lispro and call house officer

A patient is to receive a bolus of 150 mls of 0.9 Normal Saline over 50 minutes. The infusion pump should be set at what rate?  ______per hour Only include number in the answer for credit.

One ounce = ______ml Only include number in the answer for credit.

Order is NS 1,000 ml IV infuse over 24 hours.  Find the pump setting in milliliters per hour (ml/h). Round to the whole number.  Only include number in answer.

Write 6 pm in military time. Only include number in answer.

Your patient is to receive Acyclovir 400 mg in 100 ml D5W over 2 hours.  You have Acyclovir 1 gm in 10 mL.  How many mL of medication will you add to the D5W?   Your syringe is accurate to one tenth ml.   _______ml Only include number in the answer for credit.

Order reads Potassium 15 mEq (milliequivalents) po daily.  The label states 20 mEq/15 ml.  How many mls will you give? Round to the nearest hundredths. Only include number in answer.