The health care provider has prescribed “Ibuprofen 200 po q.i.d. prn pain”. Which does the nurse recognize as the correct administration of this medication?

The health care provider has prescribed: D5W at 25 ml/hr. The nurse is infusing the fluids via gravity and the tubing has a gtt rate 15 gtt/mL. How many gtt/minute will the nurse administer?  gtt/minute

Order: methadone 3 mg subcutaneous now Supply: vial labeled 10 mg per mL How much medication will the nurse draw up in the syringe?

A client’s intake was the following: 1 cup of coffee (1 cup = 8 oz) 1/2 can of Sprite (1 can = 12 oz) 1/2 glass of water (1 glass = 6 oz) How many mL will you record on the intake and output (I&O) sheet?  mL

The health care provider has prescribed piperacillin/tazobactam 3grams IVPB mg in 50 mL NS to infuse over 30 minutes. At what rate/hr. does the nurse program the infusion pump?   mL/hr.

The health care provider has prescribed levofloxacin IVPB 750 mg in 150 mL NS to infuse over 90 minutes. The nurse is using a gravity infusion. The gtt factor is 10gtt/mL. How many gtt/minute does the nurse calculate for the correct rate? Round to the whole gtt. gtts/minute

The health care provider has prescribed:  LR IV 250 ml at 50 ml/hr. How many hours will it take the infusion to complete? ______ hours

Use the screenshot from Trissel’s IV Compatibility to answer the question. A client currently has a primary IV line of D5.45 NS with 20 mEq of potassium chloride infusing into a peripheral IV. The client also has a hydromorphone (Dilaudid) PCA in use. An order is written for pantoprazole (Prontonix) 40mg IV push to be given now. The IV push pantoprazole is compatible with the other IV solutions that are infusing.

The health care provider has prescribed ceftriaxone (Rocephin) IVPB 500 mg in 100 mL NS to infuse over 30 minutes.  The nurse is using a gravity infusion.  The gtt factor is 10gtt/mL.  How many gtts/minute does the nurse calculate for the correct rate? Round to the whole gtt.   gtts/minute

Use the screenshot from Trissel’s IV Compatibility to answer the question. The health care provider has prescribed morphine sulfate 2 mg IVP q 3 hrs. prn pain.   The client has piperacillin/tazobactam (Zosyn) infusing in the only IV line. The nurse can safely administer the morphine with the Zosyn.