Nursing Students NCLEX
Published Jul 8, 2007
ernbabjr, BSN, RN
147 Posts
anyone knows computation for dopamine and dobutamine? And maybe you have also some exercise questions for this.. thanks
EricJRN, MSN, RN
1 Article; 6,683 Posts
I moved your post to its own thread for more responses. Here's a link to get you started:
http://www.alysion.org/dimensional/daexamples.htm
AnnieOaklyRN, BSN, RN, EMT-P
2,578 Posts
hi,
whooops... moderator please delete this post as it was a double post...
thanks,
'tooth
Dopamine: If it is 1600 mcg/ mL here is my formular:
kg weight x dose DIVIDED by 26.6 will give you your drip
rate via pump or microdrip tubing.
If it is 800 mcg/ml:
kg weight x dose divided by 13.3 will give you your drip
rate via pump or micro drip tubing.
Lidocaine: If it is 4mg/ ml (1 gram in 250 mL)
4 mg/ min= 60 ml on pump
2 mg/min= 30 ml on pump
1 mg/min = 15 ml on pump
you see the pattern? This also will work for micro drip tubing
Epi DRIP: usually 1 mg in 250 mL so the formular for lidocaine can be
used. It will just be mcg/min instead of mg/min.
Hope this helps. Just some shortcuts I use as a paramedic. I am not yet familar enough with dobuatmine so can't help ya there.
Swtooth EMT-P, RN
emt123277
33 Posts
pt's weight in pounds, divided by 10.
subtract 2 from that answer.
final answer is gtt/min on a microdrip tubing for a 5mcg/kg/min dosing.
example:
230lb divided by 10 = 23
23 - 2 = 21gtt/min
it's rough and dirty but if you're not on a pump and you need a pressor on board for that rosc code in the back of a swinging gut bucket flying at mach pierogi down main street. it will cya when the er doc asks what you're running the dopamine at better then mumbling "bolused and titrated for effect".
caliotter3
38,333 Posts
I would not be expecting ACLS material on the NCLEX unless someone has seen that this is fair game.
It's not on NCLEX and it's also a thread that died in 2007 which I just realized now.
Lunah, MSN, RN
14 Articles; 13,772 Posts
However, the link that Eric provided is excellent. There can be med questions very much like the first example on that linked page on the NCLEX ... I'm just sayin'.