Exam 3: Advanced Medication and Intravenous Calculations

Jackie returns to the ward. She is to have a morphine infusion to deliver pain relief via a syringe driver. You note that the order is for 45 mg of morphine in 60 ml of fluid. You assist the registered nurses to set up this infusion. -Intravenous metoclopramide (Maxolon) 7.5 mg has been ordered for Jackie's nausea. Stock in the ward is 10 mg/2 ml. The volume required for this order is

Ms Jackie Robinson is a young woman who has been admitted to hospital following a motor vehicle accident in which she sustained fractures to her pelvis and left femur. Jackie is a diabetic and has a three-week-old baby as a boarder. She has an intravenous infusion of 1 L of fluid and the drop factor for the giving set is 20 drops/ml. You have been assigned to care for her and the baby, under the guidance of a registered nurse. -Baby Robinson should have approximately 460 kilojoules/kg/day. Her daily kilojoule intake should be

Jackie returns to the ward. She is to have a morphine infusion to deliver pain relief via a syringe driver. You note that the order is for 45 mg of morphine in 60 ml of fluid. You assist the registered nurses to set up this infusion. -Jackie's intravenous infusion, 1 L of 5% dextrose (she is not currently taking food or fluids), has 70 ml remaining and is dripping at 60 drops/minute. Remembering that the drop factor for the giving set is 20 drops/ml, this infusion should complete in

Mr James Chifley has been admitted to hospital with a compound, comminuted fracture of his right arm. He is scheduled for surgery to stabilise his fractures in 30 minutes. His premedication is due and he is to have 12 mg of morphine and 400 mcg of Atropine. -If the drop factor for the giving set is 20 drops/ml, how many drops/minute will deliver the above order?

Mr Chifley returns to the ward three hours later and two registered nurses are setting up an infusion to control his pain. His pain relief medication is to be delivered via a secondary line in a volumetric pump. He is to have 300 mg of pethidine in 100 ml of 0.9% sodium chloride, and this solution is to infuse over a 20-hour period. You have been asked to assist by working out the nursing calculations required for this task. -What is the concentration, in mg/ml, of this medicated solution?

Mr Chifley returns to the ward three hours later and two registered nurses are setting up an infusion to control his pain. His pain relief medication is to be delivered via a secondary line in a volumetric pump. He is to have 300 mg of pethidine in 100 ml of 0.9% sodium chloride, and this solution is to infuse over a 20-hour period. You have been asked to assist by working out the nursing calculations required for this task. -What volume of pethidine is required for this task if stock available is 100 mg/2 ml?

Jackie returns to the ward. She is to have a morphine infusion to deliver pain relief via a syringe driver. You note that the order is for 45 mg of morphine in 60 ml of fluid. You assist the registered nurses to set up this infusion. -The pain relief infusion is to last for 24 hours. The volume/hour that should be delivered from this order is

Mr Chifley returns to the ward three hours later and two registered nurses are setting up an infusion to control his pain. His pain relief medication is to be delivered via a secondary line in a volumetric pump. He is to have 300 mg of pethidine in 100 ml of 0.9% sodium chloride, and this solution is to infuse over a 20-hour period. You have been asked to assist by working out the nursing calculations required for this task. -What volume of fluid/hour will deliver the prescribed dose in the given time?

Mr Chifley returns to the ward three hours later and two registered nurses are setting up an infusion to control his pain. His pain relief medication is to be delivered via a secondary line in a volumetric pump. He is to have 300 mg of pethidine in 100 ml of 0.9% sodium chloride, and this solution is to infuse over a 20-hour period. You have been asked to assist by working out the nursing calculations required for this task. -What volume of fluid needs to be removed from the 100 ml bag to maintain a total volume of 100 ml?

Mr James Chifley has been admitted to hospital with a compound, comminuted fracture of his right arm. He is scheduled for surgery to stabilise his fractures in 30 minutes. His premedication is due and he is to have 12 mg of morphine and 400 mcg of Atropine. -If morphine is available as 15 mg/ml, what volume is required for this dose?

Jackie returns to the ward. She is to have a morphine infusion to deliver pain relief via a syringe driver. You note that the order is for 45 mg of morphine in 60 ml of fluid. You assist the registered nurses to set up this infusion. -Stock of morphine is 15 mg/ml, so the volume required for this order is