Medication Administration worksheet 3
1.) The doctor orders you to administer a lidocaine drip to a 125 kg patient that was resuscitated from cardiac arrest at 2 mg/min. You add 2 g of lidocaine to a 500 ml bag of normal saline. Using a 60 gtt/ml administration set, what would be your drip rate in ml/hr?
Rate (in gtt/min)
= (2
mg/min) (500 ml) (60 gtt/ml) = 30 gtt/min
2000 mg
Rate (in ml/hr) = (30 gtt/min) (60 min/1hour) (1ml/60
gtt) = 30ml/hr
2.) You decided to establish a dopamine drip on a 120 kg patient in cardiogenic shock. You start by mixing 800 mg of dopamine into a 500 cc bag of normal saline. Using a 60 gtt/ml administration set, what would be the drip rate if you start your drip at 5 mcg/kg/min?
Rate (in gtt/min)
= (5 mcg/kg/min) (500 ml) (120 kg)
(60 gtt/ml) = 22.5 gtt/min
(800
000 mcg) (23 gtt/min)
3.) What is the concentration of your dopamine drip in mcg/ml from question #2?
Concentration (in mcg/ml) = 800 000 mcg = 1600 mcg/ml
500 ml
4.) The physician orders you to initiate an epinephrine drip on a patient in severe bradycardia refractory to dopamine, atropine and TCP. The patient weighs 70 kg. You start by mixing the 2 mg of epinephrine into 500 cc of normal saline. The doctor ordered you to start the infusion at 10 mcg/min. What is your initial drip rate in gtt/min?
Rate (in gtt/min) = (10 mcg/min)
(500 ml) (60 gtt/ml) = 150 gtt/min
2000 mcg
5.) The doctor orders you to administer 2 L of LR to a dehydrated patient. How many ml/hr should you set the pump to deliver if the fluid is ordered to be delivered over 4 hours and you only have one IV site.
Rate (in ml/hr) = 2000 ml = 500 ml/hr
4 hours