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Basic Math Ability Exam A Relias
The physician has written an order for a medication, 3,000 units to be given SQ. You have on
hand 5,000 units/mL. You will administer _mL. – ✔✔3000/5000 *1 = 0.6mL The surgeon orders for 75 mg of a medication to be given IV push. The medication is available in a concentration of 125 mg/2 mL. You will administer ____mL to the patient. (record your answer using one decimal place) – ✔✔1.2 The sliding scale order states: [FORMULA: (BG-100)÷30]= number of units of insulin to be given. At 1600 the patient’s blood glucose is 150. You will administer units of insulin
(round to the nearest whole number). – ✔✔150-100/30
=1.66
rounded to nearest whole number = 2
Your patient’s blood glucose is 302 mg/dL. The sliding scale order is to administer insulin using
this formula: [FORMULA: (BG-100)÷40]= number of units to administer. Based upon your
patient’s glucose, you should administer ___ units of insulin. (round to the nearest whole
number) – ✔✔302-100/40
=5.05
rounded = 5
The physician has ordered a medication to be given 0.05 mg/kg/day in 1,000 mL of fluid. The
patient weighs 246 lbs. The dose added to the 1,000 mL bag of fluid should be _ mg. (round your answer to one decimal place) – ✔✔0.05*111.5 (the weight in kg) = 5.575mg a day =5.6 The surgeon orders a medication 1.5 gms IV. The pharmacy delivers the medication as 1.5 grams in 150 mL IV solution to be infused over 90 minutes. The rate of the infusion is____mL/hr. – ✔✔100 The physician orders for 1 liter of IV fluid to be given over 6 hours. The available tubing set delivers 15 gtts/mL. After your calculation, the set should be calibrated to deliver ___
gtts/min. (round to the nearest whole number) – ✔✔https://www.mdcalc.com/iv-drip-ratecalculator
=42
Your patient’s blood sugar is 201 mg/dL. The sliding scale insulin order says to use the following
formula to calculate the number of units to administer: [FORMULA: (BG-100)÷30+10]=
number of units to administer. Based upon your patient’s blood sugar, the nurse should
administer ____units of insulin.(round to the nearest whole number) – ✔✔13
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