PCA Pump Practice Questions

Question 1

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 1 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every six (6) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 1

10 mg

Question 2

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 0.5 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every five (5) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 2

6 mg

Question 3

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 9 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every three (3) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 3

180 mg

Question 4

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 4.5 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every six (6) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 4

45 mg

Question 5

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 2 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every two (2) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 5

60 mg

Question 6

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 1.5 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every fifteen (15) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 6

6 mg

Question 7

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 0.4 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every four (4) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 7

6 mg

Question 8

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 6.5 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every ten (10) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 8

39 mg

Question 9

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 18 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every twenty (20) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 9

54 mg

Question 10

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 30 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every thirty (30) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 10

60 mg

Question 11

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 19 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every thirteen (13) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Round to the nearest tenth

Answer 11

88 mg

Question 12

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 15 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every fifteen (15) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 12

60 mg

Question 13

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 9.4 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every seven (seven) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

**Round to the nearest whole number*

Answer 13

81 mg

Question 14

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 7.7 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every seventeen (17) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Round to the nearest tenth

Answer 14

27.2 mg

Question 15

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 12 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every three (3) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 15

240 mg

Question 16

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 19 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every twenty five (25) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 16

45.6 mg

Question 17

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 3.3 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every three (3) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 17

66 mg

Question 18

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 22 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every eighteen (18) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Round to the nearest whole number

Answer 18

73 mg

Question 19

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Morphine sulfate 50 mg per dose.” The lockout interval is every forty (40) minutes. What is the maximum mg of morphine sulfate that the client may receive in one hour?

Answer 19

75 mg

Question 20

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 2 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 1 mg every 10 minutes. Four hour limit of 30 mg.

At the end of four hours, the nurse determines that the client received six demand doses of morphine each hour for the last four hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last four hours?

Answer 20

26 mg

Question 21

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 5 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 2 mg every 6 minutes. Five hour limit of 60 mg.

At the end of five hours, the nurse determines that the client received 10 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last five hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last five hours?

Answer 21

105 mg

Question 22

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 19 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 18 mg every 4 minutes. Six hour limit of 600 mg.

At the end of six hours, the nurse determines that the client received 15 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last six hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last six hours?

Answer 22

1639 mg

Question 23

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 20 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 20 mg every 15 minutes. 3 hour limit of 275 mg.

At the end of 3 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 4 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 3 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 3 hours?

Answer 23

260 mg

Question 24

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 10 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 0.6 mg every 6 minutes. 10 hour limit of 85 mg.

At the end of 10 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 10 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 10 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 10 hours?

Answer 24

70 mg

Question 25

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 0.8 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 2.7 mg every 20 minutes. 3 hour limit of 27 mg.

At the end of three hours, the nurse determines that the client received 3 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last three hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last three hours?

Answer 25

25.1 mg

Question 26

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 0.6 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 10 mg every 30 minutes. 6 hour limit of 130 mg.

At the end of 6 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 2 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 6 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 6 hours?

Answer 26

120.6 mg

Question 27

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 3.9 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 0.4 mg every 15 minutes. 4 hour limit of 12 mg.

At the end of 4 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 4 demand doses of morphine each hour for the 4 last hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 4 hours?

Answer 27

10.3 mg

Question 28

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 8.4 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 21 mg every 12 minutes. 1 hour limit of 115 mg.

At the end of 1 hour, the nurse determines that the client received 5 demand doses of morphine each hour. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last hour?

Answer 28

113.4 mg

Question 29

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 2 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 0.7 mg every 20 minutes. 5 hour limit of 15 mg.

At the end of 5 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 3 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 5 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 5 hours?

Answer 29

12.5 mg

Question 30

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 2.4 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 3.4 mg every 5 minutes. 12 hour limit of 500 mg.

At the end of 12 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 12 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 12 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 12 hours?

Answer 30

492 mg

Question 31

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 5.5 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 12.3 mg every 4 minutes. 4 hour limit of 100 mg.

At the end of 4 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 15 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 4 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 4 hours?

Answer 31

83.5 mg

Question 32

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 5 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 2.3 mg every 10 minutes. 13 hour limit of 200 mg.

At the end of 13 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 6 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 13 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 13 hours?

Answer 32

184.4 mg

Question 33

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 23 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 15.1 mg every 6 minutes. 3 hour limit of 500 mg.

At the end of 3 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 10 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 3 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 3 hours?

Answer 33

476 mg

Question 34

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 21 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 12 mg every 15 minutes. 8 hour limit of 425 mg.

At the end of 8 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 4 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 8 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 8 hours?

Answer 34

405 mg

Question 35

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 12 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 11 mg every 6 minutes. 9 hour limit of 1,050 mg.

At the end of 9 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 10 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 9 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 9 hours?

Answer 35

1,002 mg

Question 36

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 6 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 12 mg every 12 minutes. 2 hour limit of 150 mg.

At the end of 2 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 5 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 2 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 2 hours?

Answer 36

126 mg

Question 37

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 3 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 23 mg every 5 minutes. 5 hour limit of 1,500 mg.

At the end of 5 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 12 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 5 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 5 hours?

Answer 37

1,383 mg

Question 38

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 5 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 14 mg every 12 minutes. 6 hour limit of 275 mg.

At the end of 6 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 3 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 6 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 6 hours?

Answer 38

257 mg

Question 39

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 7 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 2.1 mg every 10 minutes. 4 hour limit of 65 mg.

At the end of 4 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 6 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 4 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 4 hours?

Answer 39

57.4 mg

Question 40

A client has an IV infusion and PCA pump. The prescription states, “Bolus (loading) dose of 8.8 mg morphine sulfate with a demand dose of 8.9 mg every 4 minutes. 2 hour limit of 300 mg.

At the end of 2 hours, the nurse determines that the client received 15 demand doses of morphine each hour for the last 2 hours. What is the maximum mg of morphine that the client received in the last 2 hours?

Answer 40

275.8 mg