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BASIC MATH ABILITY EXAM A RELIAS
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Question : 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.
Correct answer: 3000/5000 *1 = 0.6mL
Question : 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)
Correct answer: 1.2
Question : 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).
Correct answer: 150-100/30 =1.66 rounded to nearest whole
number = 2
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Question : 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)
Correct answer: 302-100/40 =5.05 rounded = 5
Question : 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)
Correct answer: 0.05*111.5 (the weight in kg) = 5.575mg a
day =5.6
Question : 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.
Correct answer: 100
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Question : 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) Correct answer: https://www.mdcalc.com/iv-drip-rate- calculator =42
Question : 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)
Correct answer: 13
Question : The patient is to receive 1,000 mL of IVF over 8
hours. The IV set delivers 15 gtts/mL. The drip rate will be ______gtts/min.(round to the nearest whole number) Correct answer: 31 https://www.mdcalc.com/iv-drip-rate- calculator
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Question : An IV piggyback (IVPB) of 10,000 units/100 mL
is to be given over 45 minutes. The pump should programmed to deliver _____mL/hr.(round to the nearest whole number)
Correct answer: 133
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Question : A patient weighs 630 grams and has a glucose
level of 208 mg/dL. The Physician has ordered Insulin 0.2 units/kg for glucose level > 200. Insulin is available in the
following concentration: 0.5 units/mL. The dose to be given
would be _____mL. (record your answer using two decimal places)
Correct answer: NOT 0???
Question : The physician orders 0.3 g of a drug q12 hours PO.
The drug is available in 150 mg caplets. The nurse will administer ______ caplets to the patient.