King Saud University

Alrriyadh Community College

Nursing Department

Drugs administration &

Calculations

Mr. Homood Alharbi

5 RightsRight patientRight drugRight doseRight timeRight route

Units of measurement• liter, mil

•Gram, mg

•Mg,mcg (µg)

•Kg,mg

Drug Administration Abbrev.IMIV SCIDPOSLCcgtt

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StatDcHsP.cPrnQ4hQ6hRt, Lt

IV therapy complications

Infiltration Signs/symptoms: pain, tender,

redness, edema, coldInterventions: stop Rx, remove cathElevate the limbAplly warm/ cold compressionInform MDEducate the pt

Phlebitis Signs /symptoms : tender, pain,

site warm, erythemia, palpable cordIntervention: Stop Rx, remove cath Elevate the limbApply warm/ cold compressionInform MDEducate the pt

Blood administation ABO system

Rh factor

Drug Calculations formulae

Drop/min = V (ml) X Df (drop/min) /min

Exp. 1 Liter, df= 15 gtt/min, over 2 hours

Exercises

A patient is to receive 1 gm kefzol IV in 100 ml D5NS over 1 hour. How many drop/min would you give, DF is 60?

A patient is to receive 600 ml over 5 hours. How many drop/min would you give, DF is 15?

A patient is to receive 800 ml over 6 hours. How many ml/hr will he get?

A patient is to receive 2000 ml in 24 hours. How many mls will he receive in 12 hrs?

IV is running at 31 drops/min. How many mls will he receive in 1hrs? In 8hrs? DF is 15

A patient is to receive 2 units of blood (250ml/unit) over 5 hrs. How many mls will he receive? How many gtt/min, Df is 10

A patient is to receive Heparin IV at rate of 1000 units/hr. heparin is delivered 500 ml D5W with 20,000 units of heparin, how many mls/hr will he receive?

You have flagyl 500 mg in 250 ml. the order is to run it IV at 2mg/min, DF IS 60,how many gtt/min will he receive?

You need to give three 40 meq doses of KCL in 3 litters of NS over 24 hrs. The stock available is 10 meq/ 15ml. how many gtt/min will he receive, Df is 60?

Any question