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Dosage Calculation Worksheet Note: Facilities that administer medications with a hemodynamic effect usually have IV pumps that allow the health care profession to program medication rates with a decimal. It is important that you note your rounding rules at the end of each question and do not assume you are always to round to a whole number. 1. A provider has ordered dobutamine 15 mcg/kg/min for your client who weighs 75 kg. The 250 mL IV bag has 500 mg of dobutamine in it. You should set the IV pump to infuse _____ mL/h. ( Record your answer using one decimal place. ) 2. A provider has ordered amiodarone 0.5 mg/min. The medication is available as 450 mg amiodarone in 250 mL fluid. You should set the IV pump to infuse _____ mL/h. ( Record your answer using one decimal place. ) 3. Your client is to receive nitroglycerine at 12 mcg/min. The IV bag has 50 mg of nitroglycerine in 250 mL. You should set the IV pump to infuse _____ mL/h. ( Record your answer using one decimal place. ) 4. Your client has a dobutamine IV drip infusing. The IV rate is 30 mL/h. The IV bag has 500 mg of dobutamine in 250 mL of fluid. The client weighs 65 kg. Your client is receiving _____ mcg/kg/min. ( Record your answer using one decimal place. ) ° 5. Your client is on a heparin drip with 20,000 units in a 250 mL bag of fluid. The order is to deliver heparin in 750 units per hour. You should set the IV pump to infuse ____ mL/h. ( Record your answer as a whole number .) 33 . % 15 mcg x 75kg x homin = 67 , 500 mcg/h ? 1000 mcg = 67 . 5mg/hr 500mg = 250mL : Zmg/mL 67 . 5 mg + 2 mg/m2 = 33 . 8 m4/h 16 . T 0 . Smg xlomin = 30mg/h 30mg/h = 1 . 8 mg/mL = 1. 7 mL/h 450mg + 250 mL = 1 . 8 mg/mL 3 . 5 12 mcg x 40min = 720mcg/h = 1000mcg = 0 . Tmgln Somg + 250mL = 0 2 mg/mL 0 Tmg/h = 0 . 2 mg/mL 3 . 5mL/h 15 4 30mL/h = ? = Imglnt < GOmgln-bOmin = Imglmin = USKg = 0 . 02 mg/kg) min - 500 mg = 250mL = 2 mg/m 15 . 4 mig/kg/min x 1000 mcy 9 4 20 , 000 units + 250mL = 80 units/mL 750units/h=80 units/mL = 9 4mL/h

6. Your client has diltiazem ordered at 2 mg/h. The IV bag has 125 mg of medication in 500 mL. You should set the IV pump to infuse _____ mL/h. ( Record your answer as a whole number. ) 7. Your client has vasopressin ordered at a rate of 0.2 units/min. The IV bag has 200 units of vasopressin in a 500 mL bag. You should set the IV pump to infuse _____ mL/h. ( Record your answer as a whole number. ) 8. Your client’s esmolol drip is running at 15 mL/h. The client weighs 65 kg. The IV contains 2500 mg esmolol in 250 mL fluid. The IV is administering _____ mcg/kg/min to your client. ( Record your answer using one decimal place. ) 9. You have an order to run dopamine at 15 mcg/kg/min. The IV bag has 500 mg dopamine in 500 mL. Your client weighs 50 kg. You should set the IV pump to infuse _____ mL/h. ( Record your answer as a whole number. ) ° 10. You have an order to run nitroglycerine at 16 mcg/min. The medication is supplied as 50 mg/250 mL fluid. You should set the IV pump to infuse _____ mL/h. ( Record your answer as a whole number. )

11. Your 65 kg client has dopamine ordered at 6 mcg/kg/min. The IV has 400 mg of dopamine in 250 mL. You should set the IV pump to infuse _____ mL/h. ( Record your answer using one decimal place. ) 12. Your client has a nitroprusside drip at 0.4 mcg/kg/min. The concentration is 50 mg nitroprusside in 250 mL fluid. The client weighs 80 kg. You should set the IV pump to infuse ____ mL/h. ( Record your answer as a whole number. ) 13. Your client is admitted to ICU with dopamine infusing at 13.5 mL/h. His weight is 75 kg. The dopamine concentration is 1 g in 250 mL of D5W. The IV is administering ______ mcg/kg/min to your client. ( Record your answer as a whole number. ) 14. A client is receiving amiodarone at 15 mL/h by IV pump. The amiodarone concentration is 900 mg in 250 mL of D5W. The client is receiving _____ mg/min. ( Record your answer using one decimal place. ) 15. A client is receiving lidocaine at 15 mL/h by IV pump. The lidocaine concentration is 1

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