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SHORE STAFFING Medication Exam
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Date
1. Order Synthroid 150 mcg po every day
Supply Synthroid 0.05 mg tablets
Give ______ tablets
2. Order Laculose 30 gms in 100 ml fluid TID
Supply 3.33 gms in 5 ml
Give _______ ml
3. Order 3 L NS in 24 hours IV
How many cc/hr should be delivered? ______cc/hr
4. Order 40 mg Lasix IVP
Supply 10 mg / ml concentration
How many cc’s will be given _______
5. Order Digoxin 0.5 mg IV now
Supply Digoxin 0.25 mg/ml
How much do you give? __________
6. Order KCL 40 meq/100 cc D5W
Peripheral ________
What is the recommended infusion rate for adults?
Central __________
7. 500 cc NaCl with heparin 25,000 units to infuse at 1200 units per hour.
What rate do you set the IV pump for? (based on a 60 drops/cc infusion set) ____________________
8. Heparin drip 20,000 units in 500cc is infusing at 1000 units per hour. If you increase the drip rate by 8
cc/hour, what is the new dose?
9. Coumadin therapeutic dose is based on what lab work?
a. PTT
b. PT/INR
c. Clotting times
d. ACT
10. Which lab work is used to determine the therapeutic range for heparin?
a. PTT
b. PT/INR
c. Clotting time
d. ACT
11. What is the most troublesome side effect of ACE inhibitors?
a. Hypokalemia
b. Cough
c. Diarrhea
d. Hypertension
12. What medications should be checked by two nurses?
a. Inotropes, insulin, heparin
b. Insulin, heparin
c. Betablockers, insulin, heparin
d. Lasix, insulin, heparin
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SHORE STAFFING Medication Exam
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Date
13. To convert milligrams to micrograms, multiply by
a. 60
b. 100
c. 1000
d. 10
14. A patient weighs 70 kg, what is his weight in lbs?
a. 146
b. 128
c. 154
d. 190
15. Humulin R insulin 100 u / 250 cc .9 NaCL to infuse over 24 hours.
How many units per hour will the patient receive?
__________units/hour
16. Medications that are recommended in Congestive Heart Failure are which of the following
a. ACE inhibitors, betablockers, diuretics
b. Antithrombotic,, ACE inhibitors, antiatheroclerotic
c. ACE inhibitors, flouroquinoles, antiarrhythmic
d. None of the above
17. What is the mechanism of action for B- receptor antagonists on the heart?
a. Increase the heart rate, increase cardiac output
b. Decrease the heart rate and contractility
c. Increase the retention of salt and water
d. Decrease heart rate and increase cardiac output
18. All of these are signs of Digoxin toxicity except
a. Nausea, vomiting, anorexia
b. Fatigue, pulmonary embolis, porphyric
c. Fatigue, aggitation, yellow-green halo’s
d. Dizziness, vertigo, hallucinations
19. What are DO NOT USE abbreviations
a. prn
b. qd, os,Q.D, QOD
c. MS, MSO4, MgSO4
d. All but a.
20. Order Valium 10 mg IVP now
Supplied Valium 5 mg/ml
Administer 2mg/min
Give total dose _______ml
Give _______ml/min
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Marie Bernsten, Clinical Coordinator