Oral Medication Practice
Vocabulary Practice
Oral Medication Knowledge Check
Oral Medication Extended Practice 1
1. Order: Lasix 40 mg PO daily.
Available: Tablets labeled 20 mg.
How many tablets per dose?
2. Order: Propranolol 15 mg PO t.i.d.
Available: 10 mg tablets.
How many tablets per dose? How many tablets per day?
3. Order: Phenobarbital 90 mg PO at bedtime.
Available: Phenobarbital 30 mg tablets.
How many tablets will be administered per dose?
4. Order: Ampicillin 1 g PO stat.
Available: Ampicillin capsules labeled 500 mg.
How many capsules per dose?
5. Order: Robaxin 1.5 g PO stat.
Available: Robaxin tablets labeled 500 mg tablets.
How many tablets per dose?
6. Order: Cefaclor 250 mg PO t.i.d.
Available: Cefaclor oral suspension labeled 125 mg per 5 mL.
How many mL per dose?
7. Order: 50 mg PO once daily for a patient.
Available: 25 mg tablets.
How many tablets will the patient take each day?
8. Oder: 12.5 mg PO of a drug.
Available: 5 mg scored tablets.
How many tablets should be administered?
9. Order: 100 mcg/day PO divided into two doses.
Available: 0.025 mg tablets.
How many tablets should be administered per dose?
10. Order: Tylenol 160 mg by mouth as needed every six hours for pain for a child.
Available: 80 mg per mL.
How many mL will be administered per dose?
11. Oder: 100 mg PO t.i.d of a drug.
Available: 20 mL vials containing 50 mg/mL.
How many mL will be administered each day?
12. Order: 0.25 mg of a medication.
Available: 50 mcg/mL.
How many mL will the nurse administer?
13. Order: A patient weighing 165 pounds has an order for a drug 100 mg/day divided into two doses.
Available: 10 mL vials containing 50 mg/mL.
How many mL should be administered per dose?
14. Order: A 45-pound-child has an order for Furosemide 2 mg/kg PO once daily.
Available: Furosemide oral solution in 60 mL bottles containing 10 mg/mL.
How many mL should be administered per dose?
15. Order: An 81-kg-patient is to receive an initial bolus dose of a drug 0.086 mg/kg over at least two minutes.
Available: 4 mL vials containing 2.5 mg/mL.
How many mL should be administered?
Answer key is located in the Appendix
2. A patient is prescribed 250 mg Clozapine PO daily.
3. A patient is receiving 500 mg of Ceclor oral suspension.
4. The order is for acetaminophen 10 mg/kg PRN every eight hours for an infant weighing 33 lbs.
5. The order is for an antibiotic to be given every eight hours.
6. The patient is a 12-month-old female. Her weight is 44 lbs. The physician has ordered the following: Amoxicillin 25 mg/kg PO every eght hours.
7. Give Fortaz 50 mg/kg PO t.i.d. to a child who weighs 25 kg.
8. Give Ceclor 45 mg/kg/day PO in three divided doses for a patient who weighs 66 pounds.