About this exam
Medication math exam covering IV rate calculations, drip factors, oral dose conversions, and safe medication administration calculations.
What to expect
10
Questions
180 min
Time limit
90%
Pass mark
Practice Exam
Format
Sample questions
- Vitamin D 6,000 international units oral every day is ordered. The vitamin D is supplied in 2,000-international-unit per capsule. How many capsules would the nurse administer with each dose?
- During your morning assessment, you note that a patient with ventricular tachycardia has a lidocaine drip infusing at 45 mL/hr. With a concentration of lidocaine 2 g/250 mL D5W, how many milligrams per minute is the patient receiving?
- Mr. C is ordered for phenobarbital 60 mg per G-tube every 12 hours. Available is phenobarbital elixir usp 20 mg per 5ml How many milliliters phenobarbital will Mr. C receive?
- Cefazolin 1g dissolved in 100 mL of D5W is ordered to be infused over 30 minutes. The medication may be given using an IV pump. How many milliliters per hour should the IV pump be programmed to infuse the cefazolin over 30 minutes.
How to prepare
Work through the RN Nursing study notes topic by topic, then sit this exam under timed conditions to rehearse pacing. Review every rationale — the explanation matters more than the score.
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