Medical Tests Medical Tests Certifications PTCE Questions & Answers

• Question 381:

  CORRECT TEXT A doctor orders gentamicin 3mg/kg/day for a 75-lb child. How many milligrams will the child receive per day? You have in stock gentamicin 80mg/ml

  Correct Answer: 102.3 mg/day (Chapter 4)

• Question 382:

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  Using your penicillin injectable stock of 125,000 units/ml, how many milliliters will it take to prepare 1 million units?

  Correct Answer: 8 ml

• Question 383:

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  You receive an order for Demerol 20 mg IM. Your supply is Demerol 50mg/ml. How much will you draw into a syringe?

  Correct Answer: 0.4 ml

• Question 384:

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  A doctor prescribes his patient Vasotec7.5 mg PO bid x 30 days. You have 5-mg tablets in stock.

  How many will it take to fill this script?

  Correct Answer: 90 tablets

• Question 385:

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  There is an order for epinephrine 10 mg stat. How much will you draw into a syringe from a 10-ml vial of epinephrine 1:1000?

  Correct Answer: 10 ml (Chapter 4)

• Question 386:

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  You need to prepare a dose of lidocaine 500 mg with your supply, which is a 10-ml vial of 2% lidocaine.

  How much should you draw up into a syringe?

  Correct Answer: 2.5 ml (Chapter 4)

• Question 387:

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  A prescription order for neomycin 0.75 g PO bid x 30 days is submitted. In stock you have 500-mg tablets.

  How many tablets will the patient use per day?

  Correct Answer: 3 tablets daily

• Question 388:

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  How many grams of 0.45% normal saline and 5% dextrose are in a 1-L bag of IV solution?

  Correct Answer: 4.5g of the 0.45% NS; 50 g of 5% dextrose

• Question 389:

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  Which of the following drugs requires an auxiliary label stating that "This drug may cause discoloration of the urine?

  Correct Answer: Pyridium

• Question 390:

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  Which of the following drugs is not a laxative?

  Correct Answer: Imodium