Practice Test (Equiv) 2 show your work... remember units... NO CALCULATOR 1. The physician prescribes Procardia (nifedipine) 30 mg po bid. In stock are Procardia 10 mg capsules. How many capsules would you give the client? 2. The doctor s order reads: Gravol (dimenhydrinate) 75 mg po q4h prn. The label on the stock reads Gravol 50 mg scored tablets. How many tablets will you give per dose? 3. Ordered: Biaxin 0.375 g po q6h. Supplied: A bottle of Biaxin granules with a label that reads clarithromycin for oral suspension 125 mg per 5 ml when reconstitued. What volume will you administer for one dose? 4. The doctor s order reads: Zovirax (acyclovir) 600 mg IV q8h x 7 days. In stock is Zovirax 1 g vial with a concentration of 50 mg/ml when reconstituted. How many millilitres will you give the client? 5. The physician s order reads: Allegra capsules 180 mg orally qid. Supplied: A container of medication with a label that reads ALLEGRA TM fexofenadine hydrochloride 60 mg, 100 capsules. How many capsules do you administer for a whole day? Page 1
6. For the medication label below, provide the following information: a. Generic name b. The dose per unit of medication: 7. The doctor s order reads: Zantac (rantidine) 50 mg IV q8h. The label reads Zantac 25 mg/ml. How many milligrams of medication will you give in one day? 8. The supply cabinet has in stock 473 ml of Aldoment (methyldopa, msd) oral suspension with a label that reads: 250 mg per 5 ml, shake well before using. The doctor has ordered: Aldomet 375 mg orally tid. How many millilitres will you administer for one dose? 9. The drug supply cabinet contains Amoxil suspension labeled 250 mg/5 ml. The doctor s order reads: Amoxil 600 mg po q6h. What volume of medication do you give in one day? 10. Doctor s order reads: Penicillin G 1 million units po q6h. Available is Penicillin G 500,000 unit tablets. How many units do you give in one day? Page 2
11. Based on the doctor s order, you gave the client three (3) tablets. Supplied is Halcion triazolam tablets, USP labelled 0.125 mg. How many milligrams did the doctor order? 12. A 10 ml vial of Vistaril is available with a drug concentration of 160 mg/2 ml. The doctor has prescribed hydroxyzine (Vistaril) 40 mg, deep IM, STAT. What volume of medication should you administer? 13. Ordered: HydroDiuril 50 mg po daily. In supply is a bottle of Hydrodiuril (hydrochlorothiazide) tablets labelled 25 mg. How many tablets will you give the client daily? 14. The doctor has ordered Apo-Cloxi 200 mg po q6h. In stock you have Apo-Cloxi suspension labeled 125 mg/5 ml. What volume of medication do you administer in one day? 15. Ordered: Digoxin 500 mcg orally bid. The label on the medication reads: Digoxin Elixir 0.25 mg/5 ml. Each ml contains 50 mcg. What volume do you administer in one dose? Page 3
16. Doctor s order: Ceftin 1 g orally q6h. Available is Ceftin 500 mg tablets. How many tablets do you administer daily? 17. The doctor has ordered Lanoxin 0.125 mg orally daily. Supplied is a bottle labelled Lanoxin Digoxin Tablets C.S.D. 0.25 mg. How many tablets do you administer in one dose? 18. Ordered: Benadryl 6.25 mg orally q6h prn. Available is Benadryl Elixir 12.5 mg/5ml. What volume do you administer per day? 19. Doctor s order reads: Zithromax 600mg orally q6h. In stock is Zithromanx suspension 900mg/22.5 ml. What volume of medication do you administer? 20. Convert: a. 0.375 mg = mcg b. 450 ml = L Page 4
ANSWERS: 1. 3 capsules 2. 1.5 tablets 3. 15 ml 4. 12 ml 5. 12 capsules 6. a. Cefaclor; b. 150 mg/5 ml 7. 150 mg 8. 7.5 ml 9. 48 ml 10. 4 million units or 4,000,000 units 11. 0.375 mg OR 375 mcg 12. 0.5 ml 13. 2 tablets 14. 32 ml 15. 10 ml 16. 8 tablets 17. ½ tablet OR 0.5 tablet 18. 10 ml 19. 15 ml 20. a. 375 mcg b. 0.45 L Page 5