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Answers For The Nursing Calculations Quiz

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Answers – the correct answer is marked in bold.

1

To divide by 100 you move the decimal point two places to the:
Left
Right

2

Convert 0.075g to mg
7.5mg
75mg
750mg

3

What is 0.007L in mL?
0.7ml
7ml
70ml

4

What is 6.326 correct to two decimal places?
6.3
6.33
6.326

5

Multiply 8.3 × 0.07
0.058
0.581
5.81

6

A patient is ordered 0.06grams of Codeine. Your stock is in 30mg tablets. How many tablets should be given?
0.5
1
2
2.5

7

If you have 60mg, 80mg, 120mg and 160mg tablets, a required dose of 280mg and you can only give whole tablets. What is the least amount of tablets you can give?
2
3
4

8

You have a syrup of penicillin of 250mg/5ml. How many milligrams of penicillin are in 20ml of syrup?
750
1000
1250
2000

9

What volume of phenytoin 20mg/ 5ml do you give if 30mg has been ordered?
7.5mL
75mL
8mL
80mL

10

You have Heparin at a strength of 5000 units/5mL. What volume do you need to give 900 units?
0.9mL
9.0mL
5.5mL
55mL

11

A patient will receive 750ml of normal saline and the fluid is delivered at 25mL/hour. How long will the fluid last?
25 hours
30 hours
33 hours

12

You have 80ml of fluid containing 75mg of gentamicin and an infusion time of 35 mins. What’s the required pump setting in mL/hour?
136mL/hour
137mL/hour
171mL/hour
172mL/hour

13

If a patient needs a unit of packed cells over three hours, a unit contains 250mL and the I.V. set delivers 15 drops/mL. What drip rate in drops per minute is needed?
21
22
23
24

14

What size of single dose of Amoxicillin would be needed for a child weighing 27kg when they are prescribed 40mg/kg/day, 4 doses per day?
250mg/dose
260mg/dose
270mg/dose
275mg/dose

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