Focus Groups for Nursing

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

I went to a site called Indiana State and on it was a whole tutorial for Math. I think it might help all of you.
Here is the site and a Math Quiz.
http://www-isu.indstate.edu/mary/tutorial.htm


Math Practice Quiz 1

1. 1/4 ounce = _________ cc.
2. How many cc in 3.75 Tbls

3. Ordered tylenol 600 mg. Have tylenol 250 mg in ½ tsp. How many cc will you give?

4. Ordered ceclor 550 mg. Have ceclor 400 mg in 5 ml. How many mL will you give?

5. Ordered tylenol 15 grains. Have tylenol 160 mg in 1.6 mL. How many mL of tylenol will you give?

6. Ordered 750 cc D5W with .45%N/S in 6 hours. How many cc/hr?

7. Ordered 1000 cc D5W with .45% N/S in 12 hours. How fast should you run the IV in gtts/minute if you are using 15 gtt/mL tubing?

8. Ordered Demerol 80 mg and Vistaril 50 mg IM. You have Demerol in 1 mL ampules with 100 mg/ml. Vistaril is in a 10 mL multi- dose vial labeled 50 mg/ml. What is the total volume to be given?

9. If an IV is to run at 83 cc/hour, how many gtt/min if you use 15gtt/mL tubing?

10. At 1600 hours you started an IV with 500cc of D5W running at 40 gtt/min using microdrip (60 gtt/cc) tubing. You now receive an Abbott IV pump. How many cc/hr should you set the pump for to keep the IV going at the same rate?

11. What time will the infusion in question 10 be complete?

12. Ordered Penicillin 75,000 units. Have 10 mL vial labeled Penicillin 100,000 units/ 5 mL How many mL will you give?

13. You have an IV running at 15 gtts/min using marcodrip (15gtt/ml) tubing. You are going to switch the infusion over to an Abbott pump. How many cc/hr will you set the pump at to keep the infusion running at the same rate?

14. You are ready to give the 0900 dose of benadryl. The IVPB contains 30 cc of medication. The pharmacy instructions state that the medication is to run in over 45 minutes. The IV pump must be set in cc/hour. How many cc/hr must you set the pump for in order to run 30cc IVPB in 45 min?

15. Order reads 75 mLof 10% Glucose to infuse at 65 gtt/min. Using 60 gtt/mL tubing, how long will it take the solution to infuse?

16. At the end of your 8 hour shift, you are calculating I&O for your patient. When you received report from the previous shift it was stated that this patient had 375 cc remaining in her IV for you to count. During your shift the patient ate one egg and a slice of toast for breakfast and had a hamburger, french fries and 4 oz. of tea for lunch. She also drank two cartons of milk at 8 oz. each and had 150cc of pop. The client then became nauseated and vomited 150 cc. She also starting having stomach cramps and passed two liquid stools. After vomiting, she has only eaten and retained one 90 cc orange popsickle. She voided clear yellow urine three times during your shift: 250 cc, 365 cc, and 200 cc. You hung a new 1000 cc bag of IV fluid which now has 650 cc in it. The patient also received Keflex 250 mg IVPB in 50 cc of N/S one time during your shift. What is this patient's I&O for your shift?

Go to the following site to get your answers.

http://www-isu.indstate.edu/mary/mathkey.htm

Friday, September 09, 2005

This focus group was set up to assist any nursing student that would like assistance in their studies. Focus Groups will be held as follows:

Beginning Medical/Surgical Nursing

“A review of Systems”
Presented by
Fernisa Sison, RN, MSN, FNP

August 30, 2005 1:00-2:00
Immune System-Understanding the Immune Response

September 13, 2005 1:00-2:00
Neurological System-Acute vs. Chronic

September 20, 2005 1:00-2:00
Genitourinary

September 27, 2005 1:00-2:00
Acute Renal Failure

October 4, 2005 1:00-2:00
Endocrine System-Diabetes
Understanding Insulin

There will be more sessions coming up. If you have anything that you would like me to go over or a specific subject that you need help in please e-mail me and let me know. I will incorporate that into the sessions. Please, come with lots of questions. I will be happy to help you understand and find the right answers.

Thank you everyone!

Fernisa Sison