100% dosage calculations?

justme1972 · Nov 22, 2008

I was sitting here looking at my dosage calculations book(& wondering why I decided to go to nursing school:lol2:) &I started thinking. My school requires a 100% on your dosage calculation test and allows you to take 1 retake test.
I understand why they require this but I was just wondering if most schools do this

Because NOTHING LESS than 100% is going to be required when you start a job.

To do anything less will not only harm a patient, but could potentially kill your patient, put you out of a job and possibly your license, depending on the size of the error.

emmy27 · Nov 22, 2008

I was sitting here looking at my dosage calculations book(& wondering why I decided to go to nursing school:lol2:) &I started thinking. My school requires a 100% on your dosage calculation test and allows you to take 1 retake test.
I understand why they require this but I was just wondering if most schools do this

Each semester we have to pass the test before we can start clinicals; the first try each semester, 90% is passsing, if you have to retake it, you have to get 100%.

We get theoretically unlimited tries, but since it takes several days to schedule, take, and get results from a try, and clinicals start the second week, practically speaking you have two or three tries max before you're missing clinicals and then you're in trouble.

jon06 · Nov 24, 2008

I don't know where the 10ml comes in but, 1500mg/ 750mg is 2ml. Is the 750 diluted in 10mls? You need to figure out how many mg per ml diluted and then plug those numbers into the problem I believe. Explain this better if you can so I can see the whole picture.

Actually,i'd just only put that diluent=10ml in my own problem solving. Because the Formula is [ D/S x Q ] ,right? My main problem is that, i don't know where to get the diluent or how many should i dilute into vial. Is there any standard measurement when it comes to diluent?

Thank you for listening!

beth66335, BSN, RN · Nov 24, 2008

Actually,i'd just only put that diluent=10ml in my own problem solving. Because the Formula is [ D/S x Q ] ,right? My main problem is that, I don't know where to get the diluent or how many should I dilute into vial. Is there any standard measurement when it comes to diluent?
Thank you for listening!

Usually the packaging tells you how much to dilute a drug. If it is going into an IV line a drug book will tell you that, if the drug packaging doesn't. The only standard I know of is ml, how many depends on the med given. Again the addition of the dilutent information at the end of the problem, necessitates the calculation of how much medicine per ml diluted, so you can figure out what to put in the final problem to solve for dose. If the 10ml in the problem means that the medicine diluted is 750mg per 10 mls, or 75mg/ml, then the answer is 2ml...you see what I'm saying?How much dilutent contains 750mg of med?

whiteoleander5 · Nov 25, 2008

We need an 80% (2 wrong), so if we get below that, we have to retake it and get a 90% or better. And if that doesnt happen, then... adios. :zzzzz

SmilingBluEyes · Nov 25, 2008

Mine sure did it.

beth66335, BSN, RN · Nov 25, 2008

Usually the packaging tells you how much to dilute a drug. If it is going into an IV line a drug book will tell you that, if the drug packaging doesn't. The only standard I know of is ml, how many depends on the med given. Again the addition of the dilutent information at the end of the problem, necessitates the calculation of how much medicine per ml diluted, so you can figure out what to put in the final problem to solve for dose. If the 10ml in the problem means that the medicine diluted is 750mg per 10 mls, or 75mg/ml, then the answer is 2ml...you see what I'm saying?How much dilutent contains 750mg of med?

I mean 20ml...sorry!