Week 7 - Calculating and preparing common working solutions- etc

Question 1

1. When diluting a sample, if your dilution ratio is 1:25, that means you have 1 part sample and how many parts diluent?

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Question 2

2. You have an Epsom salt solution that is 4.2mg/mL. You dilute it 1:2. What is the new concentration?

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Question 3

3. You add 2mL of fecal material to 13mL of water. What is the simplified dilution ratio?

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Question 4

4. You dilute a sample 1:4 and end up with 5mL of solution. What was your original sample volume?

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Question 5

5. A blood machine dilutes your serum sample 1:100 and reports a glucose concentration of 0.3mg/L in the dilution. What is the glucose concentration in the original sample?

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Question 6

6. If the blood machine in Question 5 reported a value of 2g/L for the hemoglobin of the original sample, what would the hemoglobin concentration of the 1:100 dilution be?

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Question 7

7. You have a 2mg/mL sample that you dilute 1:3. You take that new solution and dilute it 1:4. What is the final solution’s concentration?

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Question 8

8. You have a bottle of 100mg/mL Ketamine. You dilute part of it to make 10mg/mL Ketamine. Which is the stock solution?

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Question 9

9. In Question 8, which is the working solution?

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Question 10

10. What is the equation you should use when calculating values for working and stock solutions?

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Question 11

11. You take 2mL of stock solution and add 8mL of water to make a 12mg/mL working solution. What is the concentration of the stock solution?

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Question 12

12. You dilute a 500mg/mL solution to make 20mL of 25mg/mL solution. How much stock solution did you use?

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Question 13

13. You mix 3.6mL of 100mg/mL stock solution with 16mL of water. What is the concentration of you working solution?

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Question 14

14. You started with 4mL of 250mg/mL stock solution and made a 100mg/mL working solution. How much sterile water did you add?

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Question 15

15. What is 1:56 as a simplified concentration fraction?

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Question 16

16. If you reconstitute 5g of drug into a 10mL solution, what is the concentration in milligrams per milliliter?

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Question 17

17. What is 2.3% as a ratio concentration?

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Question 18

18. You mix 25mL of water with 3mL of 50mg/mL solution. What is the concentration of your working solution?

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Question 19

19. You make 30mL of 3mg/mL solution using a 33.3mg/mL stock solution. How much stock solution did you use?

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Question 20

20. You use 5mL of 45mg/mL solution to make a 20mg/mL solution. How much sterile water did you add?

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Question 21

21. You use 1.4mL of stock solution to make 15mL of 0.5mg/mL working solution. What is the concentration of your stock solution?

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Question 22

2. You have 2% Butorphanol. The veterinarian asks you to prepare 1 mL of 1.5 mg/mL Butorphanol. How much stock Butorphanol will you use?

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Answer: 0.08 mL

Question 23

The chemistry analyzer dilutes a blood sample 1:10,000 and reports that the patient has a blood glucose level of 24 mg/L. What was the glucose level of the diluted sample?

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Answer: 2.4 mcg/L

Question 24

The Chlorhexidine solution spray bottle is empty. The bottle holds 32 oz. Your stock Chlorhexidine solution is 4% concentration. You fill the bottle up 1/3 of the way with Chlorhexidine and the rest of the way with water. What is the concentration of your working solution rounded to the nearest whole number?

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Answer: 1%

Question 25

A vaccine comes as 0.25 g of powder. A diluent is added to make a 1 mL vaccine. What is the concentration?

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Answer: 1:4

Question 26

Directions: List the components and percentage strengths of the following IV solutions.
1. D5 1/4 NS

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Answer: 5% Dextrose in 0.225% Saline

Question 27

Directions: List the components and percentage strengths of the following IV solutions.
2. D20W

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Answer: 20% Dextrose in water

Question 28

Directions: List the components and percentage strengths of the following IV solutions.
3. D5RL

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Answer: 5% Dextrose in Ringer’s Lactate

Question 29

Directions: List the components and percentage strengths of the following IV solutions.
4. D10NS

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Answer: 10% Dextrose in 0.9% saline

Question 30

Directions: List the components and percentage strengths of the following IV solutions.
5. D5W

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Answer: 5% Dextrose in water

Question 31

6. An IVPB is considered to be what type of line? (primary or secondary): _______________

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Answer: Secondary line

Question 32

7. _______________ devices are used to administer small volumes of fluid and medication.

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Answer: Volume control

Question 33

8. An IV is started in a client’s hand. This makes the IV what type of line? _______________

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Answer: Peripheral line

Question 34

Directions: Calculate the amount of dextrose and/or sodium in each of the following IV solutions.
9. 0.25 L D5 1/2 NS
dextrose: _____ g
NaCl: _____ g

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Answer: 12.5 g Dextrose; 1.125 g NaCl

Question 35

Directions: Calculate the amount of dextrose and/or sodium in each of the following IV solutions.
10. 800 mL D5 1/4 NS
dextrose: _____ g
NaCl: _____ g

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Answer: 40 g Dextrose; 1.8 g NaCl