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Drug Calculation Conversions. In this section are the practice problems and questions for drug dosage calculations. It s easy to imagine that the weight of the body of an adolescent may be 40 times larger than that of a newborn baby so we hope you can see the need to dose drugs accurately. Conversion from one unit of measure to another requires an additional calculation. Now solve the problem.
Ml x mg mg. At the end of this lesson you will be able to accurately convert within the metric system between kilograms grams milligrams and micrograms. Drug dosage calculation practice quiz. In this section are the practice problems and questions for drug dosage calculations. Now solve the problem. Strength required stock strength number of tablet s required.
Included topics are dosage calculation metric conversions unit conversions parenteral medications and fluid input and output.
Infusion time hr total volume ml flow rate ml hr total volume ml flow rate ml hr infusion time hr for example if you must administer 1 l 1 000 ml of fluid over 4 hours use the first formula to calculate the flow rate like so. At the end of this lesson you will be able to accurately convert within the metric system between kilograms grams milligrams and micrograms. These calculations are carried in 3 step conversions. This nursing test bank set includes 100 questions broken down into four parts. It s easy to imagine that the weight of the body of an adolescent may be 40 times larger than that of a newborn baby so we hope you can see the need to dose drugs accurately. To calculate the number of tablets use the following formula.