Dosage calculations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
250 mg/1 mLV = ? mL

The prescription is 1.25 g of a drug intravenously. The reconstituted vial contains 250 mg per mL. What volume V do you draw up?

1.25 g250 mg/mL
V = mL
2.Easy
200 mcg/1 mLV = ? mL

The prescription is 0.15 mg by injection. The ampoule is labelled 200 micrograms per mL. What volume V do you draw up?

0.15 mg200 mcg/mL
V = mL
3.Medium
024681010 mL

A child weighing 14 kg is prescribed 2.5 mg/kg of a drug. The stock solution contains 25 mg/mL. Draw up the dose: what volume V do you give?

14 kg2.5 mg/kg25 mg/mL
V = mL
4.Medium
90 kg7.5 mg/kgD = ? mg

A patient weighs 90 kg and is prescribed 7.5 mg/kg as a single dose. Find the dose D in mg.

90 kg7.5 mg/kg
D = mg
5.Hard
00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.911 mL

The prescription is 2.36 mg. The ampoule contains 4000 micrograms per mL. Draw up the dose in the 1 mL syringe: what volume V do you give?

2.36 mg4000 mcg/mL
V = mL
6.Hard
250 mg/5 mLV = ? mL

A patient weighs 30.8 lb. The prescription is 5 mg/kg as a single dose, and the stock contains 250 mg in 5 mL. Using 1 kg = 2.2 lb, what volume V do you give?

30.8 lb5 mg/kg250 mg/5 mL1 kg = 2.2 lb
V = mL

Answer key

  1. 1. V = 5 mL
  2. 2. V = 0.75 mL
  3. 3. V = 1.4 mL
  4. 4. D = 675 mg
  5. 5. V = 0.59 mL
  6. 6. V = 1.4 mL

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