Chapter 19: Obstetric Dosages

Chapter 19: Obstetric Dosages

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

COMPLETION

Answer the following questions.

1. A physician writes orders to induce labor with a Pitocin drip, beginning with 1 milliunit per minute. Pitocin 30 units is diluted in 500 mL lactated Ringer’s. The Pitocin should be infused for how many milliliters per hour? ____________

ANS: 1 mL/h

2. During shift report, the nurse states that a patient is receiving a Pitocin drip at 11 milliunits per minute. The Pitocin concentration is 30 units in 500 mL lactated Ringer’s. The IV pump should be set for how many milliliters per hour? _____________

ANS: 11 mL/h

3. With your initial rounding, you find a Pitocin drip at 15 mL/h. With a Pitocin concentration of 30 units per 500 mL lactated Ringer’s, how many milliunits per minute of Pitocin is the patient receiving? _________

ANS: 15 milliunits/min

4. A physician writes orders for 1 g/h of magnesium sulfate for a patient in labor. The medication comes premixed with 40 g magnesium sulfate in 500 mL lactated Ringer’s. The IV pump should be programmed for how many milliliters per hour? (round to the nearest tenth) ________

ANS: 12.5 mL/h

5. A physician writes orders to increase a magnesium sulfate drip to 2 g/h for a patient in labor. The medication has a concentration of 40 g magnesium sulfate in 500 mL lactated Ringer’s. The IV pump should be programmed for how many milliliters per hour? ____________

ANS: 25 mL/h