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The Pharmacy Technician Training course is designed to equip students with the fundamental knowledge and practical skills required to support pharmacists in a variety of healthcare settings. Topics covered include pharmaceutical calculations, medication safety, drug classification, compounding, inventory management, pharmacy law and ethics, and effective communication with patients and healthcare professionals. Through a combination of classroom instruction, hands-on laboratory work, and supervised clinical experiences, students gain a comprehensive understanding of pharmacy operations and patient care. Upon completion, graduates are prepared to pursue certification and begin careers as entry-level pharmacy technicians in retail, hospital, and other pharmacy environments.
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Currens Math for Meds Dosages and Solutions 11th Edition by Anna M. Curren
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Q1) Determine how many tablets will be needed to give the following dose: Prepare a dose of 2.5 mg using tablets with a strength of 5 mg.
Answer: 1/2 tab 1/2
0.5
Because 5 mg is greater than 2.5 mg, subtract: 5 mg - 2.5 mg = 2.5 mg 2.5 mg is 1/2 of 5 mg, so give 1/2 tab.
Q2) Choose the entry with the greatest value.
A) 0.11
B) 0.01
C) 0.1
D) 0.011
Answer: A
Q3) Choose the entry with the greatest value.
A) 3.75
B) 3.07
C) 3.77
D) 3.57
Answer: C

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Q1) Express the dosage using the official symbol/abbreviation. three milliequivalents
Q2) Express the dosage using the official symbol/abbreviation.
1 part drug to 30 parts solution
Q3) Identify the household measure.
10 t
Q4) Express the dosage using the official symbol/abbreviation. 1 part drug to 25 parts solution
Q5) Identify the household measure.
1 T
Q6) Identify the household measure.
5 gtt
Q7) Express the dosage using the official symbol/abbreviation. fifty-five milliequivalents
Q8) Identify the household measure. 4 gtt
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Q9) Express the dosage using the official symbol/abbreviation.
Q10) Express the dosage using the official symbol/abbreviation. thirty thousand units
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Q1) A medication label contains the following information: cefaclor for oral suspension USP
187 mg/5 mL
Shake well before use
What is the dosage strength of the medication?
Q2) A medication label contains the following information: Lomotil® Liquid
Each 5 mL contains diphenoxylate hydrochloride USP 2.5 mg
Warning-May be habit forming
How much medication must be administered for the following order?
Order: Lomotil 2.5 mg
Q3) How much medication must be administered for the following order?
Order: Antivert 12.5 mg
Dosage Strength: Antivert 25 mg tablets
Q4) What is the trade name of this medication?
Q5) What is the trade name of this medication?
Q6) What is the trade name of this medication?
Q7) Indicate the number of tablets or capsules required to administer the ordered dose of this medication. Assume all tablets are scored.
Order: Thorazine 50 mg
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Q1) Find the error in the following order. Lisinopril 10.0 mg PO daily 0800
Q2) What is the correct conversion of 5:10 a.m. (standard time) to military time?
Q3) Find the error in the following order. MS 10 mg PO bid prior to dressing changes at 1000 and 2200
Q4) Find the error in the following order. NPH insulin 56 u subcutaneous 1800
Q5) What is the correct conversion of 9:00 p.m. (standard time) to military time?
Q6) What is the first step of action to take when a medication error has occurred?
Q7) What is the correct conversion of 0020 (military time) to standard time?
Q8) Find the error in the following order. Lasix 25 mg PO QD 0800
Q9) What is the correct conversion of 0930 (military time) to standard time?
Q10) What is the correct conversion of 0700 (military time) to standard time?
Q11) According to The Joint Commission (2005), the medical abbreviation "QOD" has been eliminated. What term should be used instead?
Q12) What is the correct conversion of 2300 (military time) to standard time? Page 7
Q13) What is the correct conversion of 1730 (military time) to standard time?
Q14) What is the correct conversion of 2:45 p.m. (standard time) to military time?
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Q1) How should this medication be stored?
Q2) Calculate the amount needed for the order.
Order:
Vistaril® 50 mg IM
Give:

Q3) What is the method of administration for this medication?
Q4) How many doses of 25 mg could be administered using the total quantity from this vial?
Q5) What are the two methods of administration for this medication?
Q6) How many mL are needed for a 20 mg dose?
Q7) According to the label, sodium chloride injection, USP has a concentration of 4 mEq/mL.
Calculate the amount needed for the dose.
Order:
Sodium chloride 10 mEq IV
Give:
Q8) What is the total quantity of solution in this vial? Page 9
Q9) What is the total quantity of solution in this vial?
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Q1) How long will the reconstituted Velosef retain its potency if refrigerated?
Q2) If a 375 mg dose is required, what volume will you draw up?
Q3) You have just reconstituted the cytarabine. It is now 1645 on 10/30. When will this need to be discarded?
Q4) You have reconstituted the cytarabine with 10 mL of bacteriostatic water for injection with benzyl alcohol. What volume will you draw up for an ordered dose of 275 mg?
Q5) What volume is needed for a dose of 140 mg?
Q6) What diluent is recommended?
Q7) If the Solu-Medrol is reconstituted at 0200 on March 6, when will the vial expire?
Q8) If reconstituted with bacteriostatic water for injection with benzyl alcohol, can this be used for intrathecal injection?
Q9) If 11.5 mL of diluent is added to the vial, what volume will you draw up for a dose of 5 million units?
Q10) What volume will you draw up for a dose of 800 mg?
Q11) What is the recommended storage temperature for this medication?
Q12) If this drug is reconstituted on September 10 at 6 a.m., when must it be discarded if it is stored at room temperature?
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Q1) The ordered dosage is 410 mg. The available drug is labeled 0.5 g per mL. Calculate the dosage volume. Express your answer to the nearest tenth.
Q2) The available strength is 900,000 units per 5 mL. Prepare a 750,000 unit dose. Express your answer to the nearest tenth.
Q3) A dosage strength of 10 mg per 4 mL is available. Prepare a dose of 44 mg. Express your answer to the nearest tenth.
Q4) Prepare a 2 g dose from a supply of 10 g per 6 mL. Express your answer to the nearest tenth.
Q5) A dosage strength of 100,000 units per 3 mL is available. Give 140,000 units. Express your answer to the nearest tenth.
Q6) Prepare a 0.4 mg dose from a supply of 2 mg per mL. Express your answer to the nearest tenth.
Q7) The strength available is 2 g in 4.8 mL. Prepare a 900 mg dose. Express your answer to the nearest tenth.
Q8) Prepare a 50 mg dose from a supply of 12.5 mg per mL. Express your answer to the nearest tenth.
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Q1) The ordered dose is 0.25 g. Solution available is 250 mg/mL. Calculate the dosage volume.
Q2) The strength available is 500 mcg/mL. Prepare a 0.6 mg dose.
Q3) A dosage of 30 mg has been ordered. Solution available is 15 mg/mL. Calculate the dosage volume.
Q4) A dosage of 0.5 g is ordered. Solution available is 500 mg/10 mL. Calculate the dosage volume.
Q5) The strength available is 250 mg/5 mL. Prepare a 0.2 g dose.
Q6) Prepare a dose of 7.5 mg from the available strength of 25 mg/5 mL.
Q7) A drug label reads 10 mg tablets. Prepare a 20 mg dose.
Q8) Prepare a 15 mg dose from 30 mg tablets.
Q9) The available strength is 5000 units/mL. Prepare a dose of 2500 units.
Q10) The ordered dose is 3 mg. Solution available is 25 mg/5 mL. Calculate the dosage volume.
Q11) An oral solution has a strength of 200 mg/mL. Prepare a 0.4 g dose.
Q12) Prepare a 0.2 mg dose from a solution labeled 400 mcg/mL.
Q13) The ordered dose is 0.1 g. The dose available is 1000 mg/mL. Calculate the dosage volume. Page 13
Q14) The ordered dose is 7500 units. Solution available is 5000 units/mL. Calculate the dosage volume.
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Q1) The dosage strength available is 2 g in 50 mL. Draw up a dose of 4.5 g.
Q2) A dosage of 65 units is ordered. The strength available is 100 units in 5 mL.
Q3) An order is given for 65 mcg. The available container is labeled 10 mg in 30 mL.
Q4) The ordered dose is 175,000 units. The available strength is 500,000 units in 7.5 mL.
Q5) The solution available contains 1 g in 50 mL. Prepare a dose of 350 mg.
Q6) Draw up 14 units from a vial labeled 20 units in 5 mL.
Q7) An order is written to administer 400 mcg. The available dosage is 1 mg in 2 mL.
Q8) The available strength is 50 units in 10 mL. Prepare a dose of 630 units.
Q9) The drug is labeled 50 mEq in 15 mL. Prepare a dose of 90 mEq.
Q10) Prepare for IV use a dose of 75 mg from an available supply of 0.1 g in 5 mL.
Q11) An order is written for an addition of 70 mEq to an IV solution. The available vial is labeled 40 mEq in 10 mL.
Q12) Prepare a 150 mg dose from an available dosage of 800 mg in 100 mL.
Q13) The label reads 20 mg in 50 mL. An 18 mg dose has been ordered.
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Q14) The drug is labeled 10,000 units in 1 mL. The order is for 6000 units.
Q15) The strength available is 60 mEq in 6 mL. Prepare 15 mEq.
Q16) Prepare a dose of 12 mg from an available supply of 10 mg in 5 mL.
Q17) 165 mcg is ordered and you have 0.6 mg in 5 mL available.
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Q1) What would the higher per dose dosage in mcg be for a 93 lb client?
Q2) If the order is for 800 mcg every 12 hours, is this an accurate dose?
Q3) The prescriber orders 7000 mcg every 8 hours for a patient weighing 65 kg. Is this within the recommended range?
Q4) An infant weighs 14.3 lbs. What is the higher per dose dosage for this infant?
Q5) What would be the total daily dosage if this medication were to be given every 6 hours?
Q6) An infant weighs 14.3 lbs. What is the lower per dose dosage for this infant?
Q7) What is this patient's lower per dose dosage?
Q8) What is this patient's higher per dose dosage?
Q9) The prescriber orders 1500 mg 3 times per day for 1 week. Is this a safe, accurate order?
Q10) The prescriber orders "8 mg every 8 hours" for a patient weighing 154 lb. Is this within the recommended range?
Q11) What is the lower total daily dose?
Q12) What is the lowest total dosage for the drug administration period for this patient? Page 17
Q13) What is this client's per dose dosage?
Q14) What is the higher single dosage?
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Q1) An adult weighs 187 lb and is 69 in tall.
Q2) What is the dose of bleomycin that is recommended for malignant pleural effusion?
Q3) Calculate a child's second dose. The child weighs 46 lb and is 40 in tall.
Q4) The adult client is 181 cm tall and weighs 174 lb. Calculate the adult's first dose.
Q5) A client is to receive her third dose of carboplatin for recurrent ovarian cancer. Her weight is 143 lb and height is 66 in. Calculate the dosage of carboplatin.
Q6) The client weighs 78 kg, is 5 feet 5 inches tall, and has been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma. What is the dosage range for this client?
Q7) The order is to administer carmustine daily for 2 days. If the client weighs 79 kg and has a height of 183 cm, what will the lowest daily dose be?
Q8) A 60-year-old client weighs 110 kg and is 191 cm tall.
Q9) Calculate the highest recommended dose for a patient with testicular cancer whose BSA is 1.7 m<sup>2</sup>.
Q10) What will the single dose range be for a patient with a BSA of 1.64 m<sup>2</sup>?
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Q1) What are the components of 1/4NS 10 mEq KCl?
Q2) An antibiotic is ordered to be administered in 100 mL D5W IVPB. What does this mean?
Q3) To prevent air from entering the tubing, all clamps must be ____________________ before connecting the tubing to the solution bag.
Q4) What is the average height that the IV bag is hung above the level of the patient's heart?
Q5) What is the purpose of the slide clamp on IV tubing?
Q6) How many grams of dextrose are in 1000 mL of 12.5% dextrose in 0.9% sodium chloride?
Q7) Lines attached to a primary line at an injection port, generally used to infuse medications, are called _________________________ or
Q8) A patient is ordered an IV of 1000 mL NS to infuse at 100 mL/hr. What clamp will you use to regulate/set this flow rate?
Q9) Which bag is hung at a higher level above the IV site: secondary or primary?
Q10) In what unit in the hospital are burettes are commonly used?
Q11) Define the term "IV push."
Q12) What is the abbreviation for 12.5% dextrose in 0.9% sodium chloride? Page 20
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Q1) Set calibration is 20 gtt/mL. Administer 72 mL in 53 minutes. Calculate the gtt/min to the nearest whole number.
Q2) Infuse 7 mL in 5 minutes using a microdrip set. Calculate the gtt/min to the nearest whole number.
Q3) The available set is calibrated to 15 gtt/mL. Calculate the flow rate (to the nearest whole number) for an infusion of 360 mL in 1.5 hours.
Q4) Infuse 75 mL over 23 minutes using a 20 gtt/mL set. Calculate the gtt/min to the nearest whole number.
Q5) Using a 60 gtt/mL set, administer 17 mL over 21 minutes. Calculate the gtt/min to the nearest whole number.
Q6) Administer 36 mL in 14 minutes using a microdrip set. Calculate the gtt/min to the nearest whole number.
Q7) Calculate the flow rate (to the nearest whole number) for an infusion of 2750 mL in 18 hours using a 10 gtt/mL set.
Q8) Infuse 43 mL in 8 minutes using 20 gtt/mL set. Calculate the gtt/min to the nearest whole number.
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Q1) A volume of 480 mL is started at 5:25 pm at a rate of 105 mL/hr. Calculate the infusion time and the completion time.
Q2) An IV infiltrates with 345 mL remaining in the bag. It is restarted at 9:15 am at a rate of 30 mL/hr. Calculate the infusion time and the completion time.
Q3) A volume of 390 mL is started at 7:09 am at a rate of 35 mL/hr. Calculate the infusion time and the completion time.
Q4) An IV of 410 mL is restarted at 3:04 am at a rate of 75 mL/hr. Calculate the infusion time and the completion time.
Q5) The flow rate ordered for 500 mL is 75 mL/hr. It is started at 4:08 am. Calculate the infusion time and the completion time.
Q6) An infusion of 2000 mL is started at 8:24 am at a rate of 250 mL/hr. Calculate the infusion time and the completion time.
Q7) The flow rate ordered for 1 L is 65 mL/hr. It was started at 10 am. Calculate the infusion time and the completion time.
Q8) A total of 375 mL remains in an IV bag. The flow rate is 75 mL/hr. It is now 12:15 pm. Calculate the infusion time and the completion time.
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Q1) An adult weighing 64 kg has an infusion ordered at 6 mcg/kg/min. The solution strength is 600 mg/500 mL. Calculate dosage (in mcg/min) to the nearest tenth and flow rate (in mL/hr) to the nearest whole number.
Q2) The infusion is running at 14 mL/hr. The solution strength is 150 mg in 100 mL. Calculate the dose currently infusing in mcg/min to the nearest whole number.
Q3) The available solution strength is 500 mg in 500 mL. The order is to titrate the dosage from 2-5 mg/kg/hr for a patient weighing 60 kg. Calculate dosage range in mg/hr and flow rate range in mL/hr.
Q4) A 35 mg/hr dosage is ordered and a 250 mg in 250 mL solution is available. Calculate the flow rate in mL/hr.
Q5) An adult weighing 71.8 kg has an order to titrate between 3.5 and 6 mg/kg/hr. The solution available contains 500 mg in 250 mL. Calculate dosage range in mg/hr and flow rate range in mL/hr.
Q6) A 7 mcg/kg/min dosage is ordered for an adult weighing 81.3 kg. The solution available is 400 mg in 250 mL. Calculate dosage (in mcg/min) to the nearest tenth and flow rate (in mL/hr) to the nearest whole number.
Q7) Infuse 8 mg/min from a 500 mg/250 mL solution. Calculate the flow rate in mL/hr.
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Q1) The order is to infuse heparin at 315 units/hr using a solution strength of 14,000 units in 250 mL D5NS. Calculate the flow rate in mL/hr.
Q2) Heparin 1500 units per hour is to be infused via a volumetric pump using an IV labeled 500 mL 0.9% sodium chloride with heparin 18,000 units. Calculate the flow rate in mL/hr.
Q3) Heparin 1640 units/hr is to infuse using a solution of 40,000 units in 500 mL. Calculate the flow rate in mL/hr.
Q4) The order is for 1200 units/hr of heparin. The solution strength is 30,000 units heparin in 1 L D5W. Calculate the flow rate in mL/hr.
Q5) A solution of 10,000 units heparin in 500 mL D5W is to infuse via volumetric pump at 400 units/hr. Calculate the flow rate in mL/hr.
Q6) The order is to infuse 1L D5W with 45,000 units of heparin at 1450 units/hr. Calculate the flow rate in mL/hr.
Q7) The patient is to receive heparin 1700 units/hr using an available solution of 25,000 units heparin in 1000 mL NS. Calculate the flow rate in mL/hr.
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Q1) Prepare a 0.2 mg dose from a medication dosage strength of 0.25 mg/mL.
Q2) Prepare a dose of 125 mg from a medication with the dosage strength of 125 mg/5 mL.
Q3) Prepare a 50 mg dose. The supply dosage is 250 mg/5 mL.
Q4) Prepare a 0.3 mg dose from a supply dosage of 100 mcg/mL.
Q5) Prepare a 60 mg dose from a supply dosage of 150 mg/mL.
Q6) Prepare a 25 mg dose of medication with a dosage strength of 100 mg/5 mL.
Q7) Prepare a 75 mg dose of an oral antibiotic with a dosage strength of 125 mg/5 mL.
Q8) Prepare a 5 mg dose from a medication dosage strength of 10 mg/mL.
Q9) Prepare a 10 mEq dose from a label reading 10 mEq tabs.
Q10) Prepare a 200 mg dose from a supply dosage of 100 mg/mL.
Q11) Prepare a 50 mg dose from a medication supplied in 100 mg tabs.
Q12) Prepare a 300 mg dose from a dosage supply of 600 mg tabs.
Q13) Prepare a 100 mg dose from a medication with the dosage strength of 80 mg/mL.
Q14) Prepare a 100 mg dose from a dosage strength of 100 mg/mL.
Q15) Prepare a 300 mg dose from an oral suspension with a 300 mg/5 mL dosage strength. Page 26
Q16) Prepare an 8 mg dose from a supply dosage of 25 mg/mL.
Q17) Prepare a 12.5 mg dose. The dosage supply is 6.25 mg/mL.
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Q1) A child weighing 54 lbs is to receive 170 mL/kg/day. Calculate the 24-hour fluid requirement and the EID setting in mL/hr for the 24-hour period.
Q2) A volume of 200 mL is to infuse in 5 hours. Calculate the EID settings in mL/hr.
Q3) A child weighing 19.3 kg is to receive 7.5-9 mg/kg/dose. Each dose is to infuse over 50 minutes. The supply is labeled 10 mg/5 mL. Calculate the normal dosage ranges to the nearest tenth and the flow rate ranges in gtt/min using a set calibrated to 60 gtt/mL.
Q4) Calculate the dosage infusing per hour.
Q5) A child weighing 21 lbs is to receive 100 mL/kg/day. Calculate the 24-hour fluid requirement and the EID setting in mL/hr for the 24-hour period.
Q6) An infant weighing 10.3 lbs is to receive 75 mL/kg/day. Calculate the 24-hour fluid requirement and the EID setting in mL/hr for the 24-hour period.
Q7) Calculate the dosage infusing per hour.
Q8) A child weighing 17 kg is to receive 4-6 mg/kg/dose. Each dose is to infuse over 1 hour. The available supply is labeled 10 mg/2 mL. Calculate the normal dosage ranges to the nearest tenth and the flow rate ranges in gtt/min using a set calibrated to 60 gtt/mL.
Q9) Make an assessment of the order.
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