GRCC HEALTH EDUCATION LEARNING LAB
METRIC #3
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1. You are to give 0.6 Gm of aspirin. The label reads aspirin 300 mg.
How many tablets will you give?
2. You are to give 2 Gm of Gantanol. The label reads Gantanol 500 mg.
How many tablets will you give?
3. You are to order from the pharmacy enough medication to fill the order Benadryl 50 mg BID x 3 days. Benadryl is available from the pharmacy in 25 mg capsules. How many capsules should you order for three days?
4. Erythromycin is available in 250 mg capsules. The doctor orders Erythromycin 250 mg q4h x 4. How many grams of the medication should the patient receive?
5. You are to give 1 Gm of Keflex. You have capsules labeled
500 mg. How many capsules should you give?
6. You are to compute the amount of drug for a patient who weighs 154 pounds. Five mg is to be given for every Kg of body weight.
How many mg of the drug will be needed?
This equals how many grams?
7. A patient can have 10 mg of Compazine q6h prn for nausea. In the past 3 days she has required five doses.
How many grams of Compazine has she received so far?
8. The patient is to receive 6 Telopque tablets 10 hours prior to her gall bladder
x-ray. Each tablet contains 500 mg.
How many mgs is the total dose? How many grams is this?
9. A 33 pound child is to receive 0.1 mg/kg of a medication.
How much of the drug will be needed?
10. A patient is to receive Valium 10 mg TID. The available tablets are labeled 5 mg.
How many tabs will you give?
1. 2 Tabs
2. 4 Tabs
3. 4 caps/day, 12 caps/3 days
4. 1 Gm
5. 2 caps
6. 70 kg, 350 mg, 0.35 Gm
7. 0.05 Gm
8. 3000 mg, 3 Gm
9. 1.5 mg
10. 2 Tabs
Updated on 30-NOV-09
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