-Oral Dosage, Pills/Tablets/Capsules Pre-Test-
Solving some of the problems will require use of the metric number line.
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1) The doctor's order is for 150 mg of Lopressor. The label is as below:
Lopressor 50 mg
100 tablets
Geigy
How many tablets should be administered to the patient? ____________
2) The order of the physician's assistant is for 1000 mg of Principen. The label is as below:
NDC 003-1222-50
100 capsules
equivalent to
250 mg
PRINCIPEN
How many capsules should be given the patient? _________
3) The doctor orders 30 milligrams of Codeine. The label is as below:
NDC 0054-4156-25
30 MG
CODEINE
Sulfate
Tablets USP
Roxane
The physician's assistant orders 30 milligrams per dose. How many tablets should be administered? ______
4) The order is for 500 mcg. How many tablets must be given? ________
Halcion
Tablets
triazolam tablets, USP
0.25 mg
Upjohn
HINT: Be careful with this one. The order is in micrograms (mcg), but the label is in milligrams (mg). First change the 0.25 mg to micrograms. How would you do this? You would use the metric number line to make the conversion.
5) The doctor writes up an order for Diabinese 0.1 g. The drug container label reads "Diabinese 100 mg tablets. (Notice that the order is in grams and the label is in milligrams..)
Give ________
6) The Duricef label says 500 mg tablets are available. The order is for Duricef 0.5 g.
Give ________
7) Order is Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg. The label says "Tablets 25 mg."
Give ________
8) Doctor orders Motrin 600 mg. Label reads "300 mg tablets."
Give ________
9) The Nurse Practitioner orders Slow-K 16 mEq. ("mEq" means milliequivalents.) The label reads "Slow-K 8 mEq tablets."
Don't let this new label, mEq, fool you. Treat it like any other label.
Give _________
10) Synthroid 50 mcg tablets are available. Order is for Synthroid 0.1 mg.
Give _________
Answer KEY:
1) 3 tabs
2) 4 caps
3) 1 tab
4) 2 tabs
5) 1 tab
6) 1 tab
7) 1/2 tab
8) 2 tabs
9) 2 tabs
10) 2 tabs