I am having alot of trouble with med cal right now. I am a second semester BSN student and we have two med cal exams on the first day of school which is in a week and a half. I have done all the psych review problems as well as most of the med surg problems. However, their is a couple of the med surg problems I just can't get. I have tried over and over again and just can't get the right answer. I'm beyond frustrated. I have asked my professor for help and she just says look in the book which is no help either. I have looked through the books, my old notes and everything. Some of my classmates and I even tried to figure them out together and still had no luck. So, any help would be greatly appreciated!
The questions are:
1)You have Nexium (pantroprazole) 40 mg mixed in 250 ml of NS. The pump is set at 75 ml/hr. How long will it take for the medication to infuse?
2)The heparin protocol at your institution is: Bolus clients with 24 units/kg of body weight and start drip at 4 units/kg/hr. The client weighs 242 lbs.
A) Calculate the heparin bolus dosage.
B) Calculate the infusion rate for the heparin IV drip.
3)MD orders 2.5 L of D5W to infuse 150 ml/hr. Determine the infusion time.
4)Vancomycin 200 mg/250 ml NS is to be infused over 2 hours. How many ml/hr will the patient receive?
5) Cezol 1gm/100 ml is to be infused over 30 mins. How many ml/hr will you set the pump?
I'm at the point of giving up and the semester hasn't even officially started yet.
