Question

3. Cardura tablets are available in 1, 2, 4, and 8 mg tablets. If 2 mg tablets were
    available, how many tablets would you administer to the patient?
4. Digoxin is available in 0.125 mg tablets. How many tablets would you
    administer to the patient at 10 a.m. on 7/9/01?
5. Inderal is available in 0.02 g tablets. How many tablets will you administer to
     the patient in a 24-hour period?

• Digoxin 0.5 po mg 12 noon, 6 pm, 12 midnight po 7/8/01

• Digoxin 0.25 mg po daily beginning at 10 am 7/9/01

• Cardura 4 po mg at hs

• Inderal 20 mg po tid

• Multivitamin 1 po qd

• Lasix 20 mg po qd

• Low-fat, low-sodium ADA diet, 1500 calories

• K-lor 20 mEq po per day

• Isordil 10 mg sl qd

• Fluids 240 mL po q4h

Review the following questions and submit the answers to this drop box.

1. How many milligrams of digoxin did the patient receive on 7/8/01?

2. How many grams of digoxin are contained in a tablet labeled 0.25 mg?

3. Cardura tablets are available in 1, 2, 4, and 8 mg tablets. If 2 mg tablets were

available, how many tablets would you administer to the patient?

4. Digoxin is available in 0.125 mg tablets. How many tablets would you

administer to the patient at 10 a.m. on 7/9/01?

5. Inderal is available in 0.02 g tablets. How many tablets will you administer to

the patient in a 24-hour period?

6. How many milliliters of fluid will the patient receive per day?

How many liters of fluid will she receive in 7 days?

7. If an order reads:Isordil sl, what is the route of administration?

8. If each 10 mEq of K-lor contains 750 mg, how many grams of K-lor will Mrs.

Lindor receive in one day?

9. If the drug Inderal is to be administered TID, q8h, and her Cardura

will be given at 10 pm, at what other times would you administer

the Inderal so she receives both her Inderal and Cardura at 10 pm?

Answer 1

1.The total dose of digoxin recieved on 7/8/01 is 1.5mg because the patient is getting 0.5mg three times on 7/8/01.

2.The grams of digoxin contained in a 0.25mg of tablet is 0.25grams .

3. Ordered dose of Candura is 4mg at night

Available dose of Candura is 2mg

So, the nurse should administer 2 tablets of 2mg Candura to the patient.

4. Digoxin is available in 0.125 mg tablet.

Ordered dose of digoxin is 0.25mg po at 10am on 7/9/01.

The nurse should administer 2 tablets of 0.125mg digoxin at 10am on 7/9/01.

5) Inderal is available in 0.02 g tablets.

Convert 0.02gm to mg = 20mg

Odered dose of inderal is 20mg po TDS

So, the nurse will administer total 3 tablets of 0.02gm in a period of 24hrs .

6) Ordered volume of fluid is 240ml q4hr.

So, the total amount of fluid recieved per day is 240ml×4 = 960ml

Liters of fluid the patient will receiven in 7days = 960ml×7 = 6720ml

Convert 6720ml to Liter

= 6.72liter.

7) An order reads:Isordil sl

The route of this drug administration is sub- lingual .

8) If each 10 mEq of K-lor contains 750 mg.

Ordered dose of K-lor 20 mEq po per day

Then ,the patient will recieve 1500mg of K-lor per day .