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1. medication calculations

   blossomheart posted a topic in General Nursing

   hi sorry stuck on another units question in my practice exam your pt who has a heparin infusion running, concentration 500units/ml. running at 3.5mls/hr. APTT returns and Dr has reduced infusion rate by 500units per hr. wt is the new infusion rate. ...

2. medication calculations

   blossomheart replied to blossomheart's topic in General Students

   Thanks Brad very much. will definitely look at your book.

3. medication calculations

   blossomheart replied to blossomheart's topic in General Students

   yes this defiently makes sense. but what nursing standard formula would you also use to help with these type of questions. because using the ml/hr formula didnt work? thank you very much for your help xxx

4. medication calculations

   blossomheart replied to blossomheart's topic in General Students

   yea did that. but still not getting it í ½í¸£

5. medication calculations

   blossomheart posted a topic in General Students

   Im completely stuck on this question and studying for med exam. I've used formula but im doing something wrong can anyone please guide me in the right direction. on admission to the ward Mr A is ordered a heparin infusion. The rate of infusion is 2m...

6. Medication calculation problem

   blossomheart replied to blossomheart's topic in General Students

   Yes - my formula was SR./SS x V = 500x10=5000/ 5000 devide by 1000 = 5. 5ml is my answer but their answer is either a,95 b,90 c,100 d,50ml so I'm defiantly missing something in my working out.

7. Medication calculation problem

   blossomheart replied to blossomheart's topic in General Students

   Jojo489 - I wouldn't of asked for help if I hadn't already tried working out the answer. I've got every other question right in the mock test and got this one wrong and the answer doesn't match up to my calculations and I have gone over and over it. ...

8. Medication calculation problem

   blossomheart posted a topic in General Students

   I need help please working out how to answer this question. I'm happy for not being given the answer but a solution of working this out PLEASE. I have exam end of the week. Your pt is prescribed Ampicillin 500mg IVI q6h as prophylactic antibiotic cov...