Question

1. Methylergonovine maleate is available in 0.2 mg tablets. The prescription is for 0.4 mg every 8 hours after delivery for 48 hours. How many tablets are needed for one day (24 hours)? Round your final answer to one decimal place. Type your final answer and label in the answer. Thank you!

2. An infant was born at 30 weeks weighing 2 pounds 9 oz. (1.162 kg). The baby is being fed Special Care Formula (24 calories per ounce). Based on a premature infant's cardiac needs of 130 calories/kg/day.

a. How many calories per day does this baby require?

b. How many ml of formula is required every 24 hours to provide the needed calories determined in the previous question?

c. Using the conversion factor of 1 ounce=30 ml, how many ml should be given at each feeding in order to provide the needed calories, if the infant is feed every three hours? Round your final answer to the nearest whole calorie. Type you final answer and label. Thank you!

3. The client is experiencing a postpartum hemorrhage. The physician prescribes 30 IU Oxytocin added to a 500 ml bag of Lactated Ringers to run at 150 ml/hr. Oxytocin is available 10 IU per ml.

a. How many ml of Oxytocin will be added to the bag of Lactated Ringers? Round your final answer to one decimal place with label.

b. After one hour at the prescribed rate of 150 ml/hr, how many units of Oxytocin has the client received?

c. The mother is still hemorrhaging. The primary care provider prescribes Carboprost tromethamine 350 mcg intramuscularly. The drug is available in 250 mcg per 1 ml. how much volume in ml will the nurse administer? Please round answer to one decimal place. Thank you!

4. The nurse is preparing to administer 1 mg Phytonadione Intramuscularly to a newborn. The medication on hand is 2 mg/1 ml. What is the correct volume of the injection in ml? Round your final answer to two decimal places.

5. The nurse is to give a new mother Ibuprofen 800 mg by mouth for severe uterine cramping after delivery. The pharmacy stocks Ibuprofen as 200 mg tablets. How many tablets will the nurse give? Round your final answer to one decimal place. Thank you!

Answer 1