Injection Medication Practice
Vocabulary Practice
Injection Medication Knowledge Check
Injection Medication Practice 1
1. Order: Gentamicin 75 mg IM q8h.
Available: Gentamicin labeled 40 mg per mL.
How many mL will be given (Round to the nearest tenth)?
2. Order: Ceftriaxone 0.25 g IM state q12h.
Available: Ceftriaxone labeled 350 mg per 1 mL.
How many mL will be given (Round to the nearest tenth)?
3. Order: Atropine sulfate 0.6 mg IM stat.
Available: Atropine sulfate in 20-mL vial labeled 0.4 mg per mL.
How many mL will be given?
4. Order: Penicillin G procaine, 500,000 units IM b.i.d.
Available: Penicillin G procaine labeled 300,000 units per mL.
How many mL will be given (Round to the nearest tenth)?
5. Order: Heparin 5,000 units subcut b.i.d.
Available: Heparin 20,000 units per mL.
How many mL will be given (Round to the nearest hundredth)?
6. Order: Morphine sulfate 15 mg IM q4h PRN for pain.
Available: Morphine sulfate labeled 15 mg per mL.
How many mL will be given?
7. Order: Methergine 0.4 mg IM q4h for three doses.
Available: Methergine labeled 0.2 mg per mL.
How many mL will be given?
8. Order: Tobramycin 50 mg IM q8h.
Available: Tobramycin Sulfate labeled 80 mg/2mL.
How many mL will be given (Round to the nearest tenth)?
9. Order: Robinul 100 mcg IM stat.
Available: Robinul 0.2 mg per 1 mL.
How many mL will be given?
10. Order: Gentamicin 55 mg/IM q8h.
Available: Gentamicin 80 mg per 2 mL.
How many mL per dose (Round to the nearest tenth)?
11. Order: Ampicillin 0.5 g IM q6h.
Available: Ampicillin labeled 250 mg per mL.
How many mL per dose?
12. A dose strength of 0.3 g has been ordered.
Available: 0.4 g per 1.5 mL.
How many mL per dose (Round to the nearest tenth)?
13. A dose strength of 15 mg is ordered.
Available: 15 mg per mL.
How many mL per dose?
14. Order: Heparin 6,500 units subcut q12 h.
Available: Heparin 10,000 units per mL.
How many mL (Express answer in hundredths)?
15. Order: Quinidine gluconate 200 mg IM q8h.
Available: Quinidine gluconate labeled 80 mg per mL.
How many mL?
Answer key is located in the Appendix
Injection Medication Practice 2
1. Order: Lorazepam 0.05 mg/kg IM now. The patient weighs 135 pounds.
The lorazepam label reads 2 mg/2 mL.
How many milliliters will the nurse give? Round to the nearest tenth.
2. Order: Bicillin 2,400,000 units IM stat.
Available: 10 mL vial of Bivillin containing 600,000 units per mL.
How many milliliters should be given?
3. Order: Dexamethasone 4 mg IM.
The label reads 10 mg/2 mL.
How many milliliters of the medication will the nurse prepare?
4. Order: Gentamicin 9.1 mg IM q8h.
Available: 35 mg per 3 mL.
How many mL of the medication will be given to the patient? Round to the nearest hundredth.
5. Order: Humulin R 0.2 units/kg subcutaneously twice a day before breakfast and dinner.
The child weighs 45 kg.
How many units will this child receive of this insulin in 24 hours?
6. A patient is to receive 0.75 units/kg of insulin in three divided doses.
The patient weighs 113 pounds.
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