How Many Milliliters Should You Administer?

[00:00:00]Welcome to our nursing dosage calculation quiz. Let's put your knowledge to the test. A provider orders 100 mg of a medication. The label reads 250 mg per 5 ml. How many milliliters should the nurse administer?

[00:00:24]>> [bell] >> All right, so you know what we have. The pharmaceutical company name is usually at the top. We said my last name just for fun. The name of the drug is Bug Away because they let me name it. It's an oral suspension. That means we're going to give it by mouth. 250 mg of Bug Away in every 5 ml or 50 mg per milliliter.

[00:00:51]So, that tells me the amount of the drug in the liquid measurement. Milligrams is the amount of drug, the dosage. Total, 5 ml is a liquid measurement. Now, I can draw that up in a syringe. I can pour that into a cup. But, those are ways that are liquid measurements. So, just be clear on that. Milligrams is the dosage. Milliliters is a liquid measurement. Now, the next letters you see 2 5 0 mg. That means 250 mg in every 5 ml. All right, so if you divide 250 by 5, how many milligrams do you have per milliliter?

[00:01:38]Right. You've got 50 mg per milliliter.