Nursing Pharmacology Questions and Answers

Question 1

Nursing Pharmacology Questions and Answers. The client is receiving Levaquin $500\text{ mg}$ in $250\text{ mL}$ of normal saline. What is the $\text{mg}$ concentration of the medication per each $\text{mL}$?

• 1 mg/mL
• 2 mg/mL
• 0.5 mg/mL
• 4 mg/mL

Question 2

$250\text{ mL}$ of D5W to infuse over 3 hours. The tubing drop factor is $10\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate?

• 10 gtts/min
• 14 gtts/min
• 12 gtts/min
• 16 gtts/min

Question 3

Keflex $1.5\text{ grams}$ in $50\text{ mL}$ of D5 to infuse over 30 minutes. The tubing drop factor is $15\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate? Nursing Pharmacology Questions and Answers

• 15 gtts/min
• 20 gtts/min
• 25 gtts/min
• 30 gtts/min

Question 4

$100\text{ mL}$ of NS to infuse in 30 minutes. The tubing drop factor is $10\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate?

• 30 gtts/min
• 33 gtts/min
• 35 gtts/min
• 40 gtts/min

Question 5

$1,000\text{ mL}$ of D5NS with $20,000\text{ units}$ of Heparin is infusing at $20\text{ mL/hr}$. The tubing drop factor is $60\text{ gtt/mL}$. There are no infusion pumps available. What drip rate per minute will the nurse use?

• 15 gtts/min
• 20 gtts/min
• 25 gtts/min
• 30 gtts/min

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Question 6

Penicillin comes in $1,000,000\text{ units}/5\text{ mL}$. How many units are in each $\text{mL}$?

• 100,000 units/mL
• 200,000 units/mL
• 500,000 units/mL
• 50,000 units/mL

Question 7

Heparin $25,000\text{ units}$ in $500\text{ mL}$. How many $\text{units/mL}$ is the patient receiving?

• 25 units/mL
• 50 units/mL
• 100 units/mL
• 5 units/mL

Question 8

Order: $1\text{ gram}$ vancomycin IV in $150\text{ mL}$ D5W in $1.5\text{ hours}$. The tubing drop factor is $20\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate?

• 30 gtts/min
• 33 gtts/min
• 35 gtts/min
• 40 gtts/min

Question 9

$500\text{ mL}$ to infuse in 6 hours. The tubing drop factor is $20\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate?

• 25 gtts/min
• 28 gtts/min
• 30 gtts/min
• 20 gtts/min

Question 10

$750\text{ mL}$ NS is to be infused in 5 hours. The tubing drop factor is $10\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate?

• 20 gtts/min
• 25 gtts/min
• 30 gtts/min
• 15 gtts/min

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Question 11

$250\text{ mL}$ NS is to be infused in 60 minutes. The tubing drop factor is $10\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate?

• 40 gtts/min
• 42 gtts/min
• 38 gtts/min
• 45 gtts/min

Question 12

1 liter of NS is to be infused at $100\text{ mL/hr}$. The tubing drop factor is $15\text{ gtt/mL}$. There are no infusion pumps available. What drip rate per minute will the nurse use?

• 20 gtts/min
• 25 gtts/min
• 30 gtts/min
• 15 gtts/min

Question 13

$850\text{ mL}$ is to be infused over 6 hours. The tubing drop factor is $15\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate?

• 30 gtts/min
• 35 gtts/min
• 40 gtts/min
• 25 gtts/min

Question 14

Order: $1,000\text{ mL}$ D5W to infuse over 10 hours. The tubing drop factor is $20\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate?

• 30 gtts/min
• 33 gtts/min
• 35 gtts/min
• 25 gtts/min

Question 15

The patient is to receive $350\text{ mg}$ of an antibiotic in $150\text{ mL}$ of D5W over 1 hour. The tubing drop factor is $15\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate?

• 35 gtts/min
• 38 gtts/min
• 40 gtts/min
• 30 gtts/min

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Question 16

Order: $40\text{ mEq}$ of KCL in $100\text{ mL}$ of normal saline over 40 minutes. The tubing drop factor is $20\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate?

• 40 gtts/min
• 45 gtts/min
• 50 gtts/min
• 55 gtts/min

Question 17

$3,000\text{ mL}$ is to be infused over 24 hours. The tubing drop factor is $15\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate?

• 25 gtts/min
• 30 gtts/min
• 31 gtts/min
• 35 gtts/min

Question 18

$500\text{ mL}$ NS is to be infused in 4 hours. The tubing drop factor is $10\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate?

• 18 gtts/min
• 20 gtts/min
• 21 gtts/min
• 25 gtts/min

Question 19

$500\text{ mL}$ is to be infused over 12 hours. The tubing drop factor is $15\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate?

• 8 gtts/min
• 10 gtts/min
• 12 gtts/min
• 15 gtts/min

Question 20

$1,500\text{ mL}$ of D5W to infuse over 12 hours. The tubing drop factor is $10\text{ gtt/mL}$. What is the drop rate? Nursing Pharmacology Questions and Answers

• 18 gtts/min
• 20 gtts/min
• 21 gtts/min
• 25 gtts/min