Medications Practice Problems (with answers)
Sheet 1
1. What volume is required for an injection if 500mg are ordered and stock ampules contain 250mg/ml?
2. What volume is required for an injection if 600mg are ordered and stock ampules contain 350mg/ml?
3. What volume is required for an injection if 750mg are ordered and stock ampules contain 200mg/ml?
4. A dose of 2g of medication has been ordered for a patient. The medication comes in 4g/0.4mL. What volume
will you give the patient?
5. A dose of 4,500mg of medication has been ordered for a patient. The medication comes in 5g/0.3mL. What
volume will you give the patient?
6. A dose of 3,500mg of medication has been ordered for a patient. The medication comes in 5g/2mL. What
volume will you give the patient?
7. A flask of 1.5L of 0.9% saline is required over 8hrs with a DF of 20. How many DPM is this?
8. A flask of 1L of 4% dextrose in saline is required over 6hrs with a DF of 15. How many DPM is this?
9. A flask of 850mL of 0.9% saline is required over 12hrs with a DF of 60. How many DPM is this?
10. A child weighs 13.5kg and is prescribed a medication for 0.8mg/kg/dose. The stock strength is 10mg/2mL.
What volume will you give the patient?
11. A patient weighs 45kg and is prescribed a medication for 3mg/kg/dose. The stock strength is 2mg/0.5mL.
What volume will you give the patient?
12. A patient weighs 16.5kg and is prescribed a medication for 0.4mg/kg/dose. The stock strength is 20mg/5mL.
What volume will you give the patient?
13. A 13kg child is ordered a medication for 2.5mg/kg/day with 3 doses per day. How many mg would you
administer per dose?
14. A 3.4kg child is ordered a medication for 5mg/kg/day with 4 doses per day. How many mg would you
administer per dose?
15. A 3,800g infant is ordered a medication for 0.6mg/kg/day over 6 doses per day. How much will you give the
patient per day?
16. A patient needs 15mg of a medication. The Australian Injectables Drug Handbook states that each milligram
of this medication is to be mixed with 10mL of water over 3-5 minutes via IV bolus. After preparing the
medication, how many mL per minute would you administer if you do it over 3 minutes?
17. A patient needs 200mg of a medication. The Australian Injectables Drug Handbook states that each gram of
this medication is to be mixed with 1L of water over 3-5 minutes via IV bolus. After preparing the
medication, how many mL per minute would you administer if you do it over 3 minutes?
18. A patient needs 40mg of a medication. The Australian Injectables Drug Handbook states that each gram of
this medication is to be mixed with 10mL of water over 3-5 minutes via IV bolus. After preparing the
medication, how many mL per minute would you administer if you do it over 5 minutes?
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19. A child weighs 15kg and is prescribed a medication with a dose of 2mg/kg/day in equal doses every 4 hours.
How many mg will you give per dose?
20. A patient weighs 3kg and is prescribed a medication with a dose of 0.1mg/kg/day in equal doses every 8
hours. How many mg will you give per dose?
21. A patient weighs 6.5kg and is prescribed a medication with a dose of 0.5mg/kg/day in equal doses every 12
hours. How many mg will you give per dose?
22. How many mg per mL will be infused for a solution of 350mg of a medication in 100mL of saline? (Round to
one decimal place.)
23. How many mg per mL will be infused for a solution of 400mg of a medication in 300mL of saline? (Round to
one decimal place.)
24. How many mg per mL will be infused for a solution of 550mg of a medication in 200mL of saline?
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1. What volume is required for an injection if 500mg are ordered and stock ampules contain 250mg/ml? 2mL
2. What volume is required for an injection if 600mg are ordered and stock ampules contain 350mg/ml?
1.71428 1.7mL
3. What volume is required for an injection if 750mg are ordered and stock ampules contain 200mg/ml? 3.8mL
4. A dose of 2g of medication has been ordered for a patient. The medication comes in 4g/0.4mL. What volume
will you give the patient? 0.2mL
5. A dose of 4,500mg of medication has been ordered for a patient. The medication comes in 5g/0.3mL. What
volume will you give the patient? 0.27 0.3mL
6. A dose of 3,500mg of medication has been ordered for a patient. The medication comes in 5g/2mL. What
volume will you give the patient? 1.4mL
7. A flask of 1.5L of 0.9% saline is required over 8hrs with a DF of 20. How many DPM is this? 62.4999 62dpm
8. A flask of 1L of 4% dextrose in saline is required over 6hrs with a DF of 15. How many DPM is this? 41.6666
42dpm
9. A flask of 850mL of 0.9% saline is required over 12hrs with a DF of 60. How many DPM is this? 70.83333
71dpm
10. A child weighs 13.5kg and is prescribed a medication for 0.8mg/kg/dose. The stock strength is 10mg/2mL.
What volume will you give the patient? 2.16mL
11. A patient weighs 45kg and is prescribed a medication for 3mg/kg/dose. The stock strength is 2mg/0.5mL.
What volume will you give the patient? 33.75mL
12. A patient weighs 16.5kg and is prescribed a medication for 0.4mg/kg/dose. The stock strength is 20mg/5mL.
What volume will you give the patient? 1.65mL
13. A 13kg child is ordered a medication for 2.5mg/kg/day with 3 doses per day. How many mg would you
administer per dose? 10.83mg
14. A 3.4kg child is ordered a medication for 5mg/kg/day with 4 doses per day. How many mg would you
administer per dose? 4.25mg
15. A 3,800g infant is ordered a medication for 0.6mg/kg/day over 6 doses per day. How much will you give the
patient per day? 2.28mg
16. A patient needs 15mg of a medication. The Australian Injectables Drug Handbook states that each milligram
of this medication is to be mixed with 10mL of water over 3-5 minutes via IV bolus. After preparing the
medication, how many mL per minute would you administer if you do it over 3 minutes? 0.05 50mL/min.
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17. A patient needs 200mg of a medication. The Australian Injectables Drug Handbook states that each gram of
this medication is to be mixed with 1L of water over 3-5 minutes via IV. After preparing the medication, how
many mL per minute would you administer if you do it over 3 minutes? 0.08L 80mL/min.
18. A patient needs 4mg of a medication. The Australian Injectables Drug Handbook states that each gram of this
medication is to be mixed with 10mL of water over 3-5 minutes via IV bolus. After preparing the medication,
how many mL per minute would you administer if you do it over 5 minutes? 8mL/min.
19. A child weighs 15kg and is prescribed a medication with a dose of 2mg/kg/day in equal doses every 4 hours.
How many mg will you give per dose? 5mg/dose
20. A patient weighs 3kg and is prescribed a medication with a dose of 0.1mg/kg/day in equal doses every 8
hours. How many mg will you give per dose? 0.1mg/dose
21. A patient weighs 6.5kg and is prescribed a medication with a dose of 0.5mg/kg/day in equal doses every 12
hours. How many mg will you give per dose? 1.625 1.6mg/dose
22. How many mg per mL will be infused for a solution of 350mg of a medication in 100mL of saline? (Round to
one decimal place.) 3.5mg/mL
23. How many mg per mL will be infused for a solution of 400mg of a medication in 300mL of saline? (Round to
one decimal place.) 1.333 1.3mg/mL
24. How many mg per mL will be infused for a solution of 550mg of a medication in 200mL of saline? 2.75
2.8mg/mL
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A patient needs 2g of a medication. It comes in 250mg doses. How many doses need to be
administered? How many hours will it take if the patient can have one dose every 6 hours?
An IV drip is set to a flow rate of 55mL/hour. The doctor changes the flow rate to 47,500µL/hour. How
much less is the patient now getting per hour? How much will the patient now get in the next 12
hours?
2
How much dextrose is in 4L of 20% solution?
Tablets come in 50mg and 100mg strengths. A patient is prescribed 375mg, how many tablets will you
give them?
A patient needs 0.075g of a medicine that comes in 30mg tablets. How many tablets will the patient
take?
A patient needs 3g of a medication that comes in 15mg/mL. How much of the solution will be given?
7 A patient needs 2.5g of a medication that comes in 20mg/5mL. How much of the solution will be given?
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An IV drip is set to 1,500mL over 6 hours, how many millilitres per minute will the patient received?
The total volume to be administered from an IV drip is 1,250mL over 10 hours. How many millilitres per
minute will be given?
An IV drip has a drop factor of 60. The volume to be administered is 180mL over 5 hours. How many
drops per minute will it be?
10
The volume of an IV drip to be administered is 0.25L over 8 hours. The drop factor is 60. How many
drops per minute will it be?
11
A child is prescribed 4.5mg/kg of a medication. He weighs 56kg. How much of the medication will you
administer?
12
A child weighs 14.4kg is prescribed 300µg/kg of a medication. How much of the medication should be
given?
13
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A patient needs 2g of a medication. It comes in 250mg doses. How many doses need to 8 doses, 48
be administered? How many hours will it take if the patient can have one dose every 6 hours
1
hours?
An IV drip is set to a flow rate of 55mL/hour. The doctor changes the flow rate to 7,500µL less,
47,500µL/hour. How much less is the patient now getting per hour? How much will the 570mL in next
2
patient now get in the next 12 hours? 12 hours
How much dextrose is in 4L of 20% solution? 800mL
3
Tablets come in 50mg and 100mg strengths. A patient is prescribed 375mg, how many 3 x 100mg
tablets will you give them? tablets and 1.5
x 50mg tablets
4
OR
7.5 x 50mg
tablets
A patient needs 0.075g of a medicine that comes in 30mg tablets. How many tablets 2.5 tablets
5 will the patient take?
A patient needs 3g of a medication that comes in 15mg/mL. How much of the solution 200mL
6 will be given?
A patient needs 2.5g of a medication that comes in 20mg/5mL. How much of the 625mL
7 solution will be given?
An IV drip is set to 1,500mL over 6 hours, how many millilitres per minute will the 4.17mL/min.
8 patient received? 4.2mL/min.
The total volume to be administered from an IV drip is 1,250mL over 10 hours. How 2.08mL/min.
9 many millilitres per minute will be given? 2mL/min.
An IV drip has a drop factor of 60. The volume to be administered is 180mL over 5 36dpm
10 hours. How many drops per minute will it be?
The volume of an IV drip to be administered is 0.25L over 8 hours. The drop factor is 60. 31dpm
11 How many drops per minute will it be?
A child is prescribed 4.5mg/kg of a medication. He weighs 56kg. How much of the 252mg
12 medication will you administer?
A child weighs 14.4kg is prescribed 300µg/kg of a medication. How much of the 4.32mg or
13 medication should be given? 4,230µg
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Sheet 3
1 The total volume ordered is 225mL N/Saline 0.9% IV. The time over which it is to be given is 40 minutes.
The drop factor is 15. How many drops per minute will be delivered?
2 The total volume ordered is 550mL N/Saline 0.9% IV. The time over which it is to be given is 4 hours.
The drop factor is 20. How many drops per minute will be delivered?
3 The total volume ordered is 1200mL N/Saline 0.9% IV. The time over which it is to be given is 2 hours.
How many mL per hour would be delivered?
4 The total volume ordered is 1.5L N/Saline 0.9% IV. The time over which it is to be given is 3 hours. How
many mL per hour would be delivered?
5 The dose to be given of a medication is 1.2g. The stock strength is 2g/10mL. Calculate the mL needed to
deliver the medication.
6 The dose to be given of a medication is 5mg. The stock strength is 1mg/4mL. Calculate the mL needed
to deliver the medication.
7 Your patient is receiving 350MICROg of a medication in 750mL of CSL. How many MICROg per mL is the
patient receiving?
8 Your patient is receiving 875g of a medication in 1L of CSL. How many g per mL is the patient receiving?
9 2L N/Saline 0.9% has been running for 45 minutes at a 6 hourly rate. How many mL have been
administered already?
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10 1,200mL N/Saline 0.9% has been running for 20 minutes at a 2 hourly rate. How many mL have been
administered already?
11 1,300mL N/Saline 0.9% is running at a 6 hourly rate, which commenced at 1500hrs. At 1630hrs the
doctor requests for the remaining volume to be run over 3 hours. Calculate the mL per hour for the
remaining volume.
12 1.5L N/Saline 0.9% is running at a 12 hourly rate, which commenced at 0800hrs. At 1200hrs the doctor
requests for the remaining volume to be run over 4 hours. Calculate the mL per hour for the remaining
volume.
13 A child who weighs 14kg is ordered 55MICROg/kg IV, 2 hours before surgery. The solution strength is
2mg/mL. How many mL do you administer?
14 A child who weighs 5kg is ordered 0.5g/kg IV, 4 hours before surgery. The solution strength is 2mg/mL.
How many mL per hour do you administer?
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Answers – Sheet 3
1 The total volume ordered is 225mL N/Saline 0.9% IV. The time over which it is to be
given is 40 minutes. The drop factor is 15. How many drops per minute will be
delivered?
84dpm
2 The total volume ordered is 550mL N/Saline 0.9% IV. The time over which it is to be
given is 4 hours. The drop factor is 20. How many drops per minute will be delivered?
46dpm
3 The total volume ordered is 1200mL N/Saline 0.9% IV. The time over which it is to be
given is 2 hours. How many mL per hour would be delivered?
600mL/hr
4 The total volume ordered is 1.5L N/Saline 0.9% IV. The time over which it is to be
given is 3 hours. How many mL per hour would be delivered?
500mL/hr
5 The dose to be given of a medication is 1.2g. The stock strength is 2g/10mL. Calculate
the mL needed to deliver the medication.
6mL
6 The dose to be given of a medication is 5mg. The stock strength is 1mg/4mL. Calculate
the mL needed to deliver the medication.
20mL
7 Your patient is receiving 350MICROg of a medication in 750mL of CSL. How many
MICROg per mL is the patient receiving?
0.5MICROg/mL
8 Your patient is receiving 875g of a medication in 1L of CSL. How many g per mL is the
patient receiving?
0.9g.mL
9 2L N/Saline 0.9% has been running for 45 minutes at a 6 hourly rate. How many mL
have been administered already?
250mL
10 1200mL N/Saline 0.9% has been running for 20 minutes at a 2 hourly rate. How many
mL have been administered already?
200mL
11 1300mL N/Saline 0.9% is running at a 6 hourly rate, which commenced at 1500hrs. At
1630hrs the doctor requests for the remaining volume to be run over 3 hours.
Calculate the mL per hour for the remaining volume.
325mL/hr
12 1.5L N/Saline 0.9% is running at a 12 hourly rate, which commenced at 0800hrs. At
1200hrs the doctor requests for the remaining volume to be run over 4 hours.
Calculate the mL per hour for the remaining volume.
250mL/hr
13 A child who weighs 14kg is ordered 55MICROg/kg IV, 2 hours before surgery. The
solution strength is 2mg/mL. How many mL do you administer?
0.4mL
14 A child who weighs 5kg is ordered 0.5g/kg IV, 4 hours before surgery. The solution
strength is 2mg/mL. How many mL do you administer?
312.5mL/hr
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