Question

1. A nitroglycerine IV drip(200mg in 500mL of D5) is ordered for your patient with chest pain to run over 4 hours. How many drops per minute will you set on gravity tubing that delivers a drip factor of 10 gtts/mL?__________gtts/min (Remember IV's must be whole numbers. We can't calculate a portion of a drop.)

2.The physician order nitroglycerin 2 grains. The dose on hand is nitroglycerin 60 mg tablets. How many tablets do you administer?

a. 1/2

b. 1

c. 2

d. 4

3. While training for a disaster drill, you are told to infuse a 500-mL bag of IV fluids over 3 hours using a tubing set up with a drop factor of 10 gtt/mL. What rate ________(gtts/min) will be used for this scenario? Remember to always round IV's to nearest whole number.

Answer 1

The Patient is prescribed : 500me of mixture over 4 hoceres. 500 mb. & 4 hrs. = 125 ml/br. Determine how much per min, - 125 m/mr. & 60 (min/hr.) = 2.083 ~ 2mi) min The gravity teebing delivers 10 gets/me. 2 m2) meb x 30 git/m. - 20 gets ass. Ane = 20 gtto/min. Answer • The = 2 tablets patient is Prescribed a 500me bag of Iv fruide over 3 m. 500 + 3 = 166.66 ~ 167 meln. Determine how much per minute. - 164 meter = 60 - 2.77~ 3 me for Trebing set with doop facts 10 gts/one. Rate = 3me/min x 10 gtt / me = 30gttles. Ane - 30 gits/min.