1. The nurse notes the patient’s IV pump is set at 10 ml / hr. The IV bag holds 30 units of Pitocin mixed in 500 ml of Lactated Ringers. How many mu / min is the client receiving of Pitocin?
This is how to set up --> (30 U/ 500 mL) * (1000 mU/ 1U) * ( 10mL/ 1hr) * ( 1hr/ 60min)
Answer is 10 mU/min
Answer ;
Given that, the IV pump is at the flow of 10 ml / hr
The 500 ml IV is diluted with 30 unit of the drug.
hence the 1 ml has 0.06 unit ( 30 / 500 = 0.06)
Here the 1 hr the flow is 10 ml, it means 0.6 units per hour.
Hence for 1 hour the flow is 0,6 units, then for 1 minutes it would be 0.01 units.
Therefore the client is receiving 0,01 units per minute,, If we convert the unit into mu it would be 0.00001 mu
Therefore the answer is 0.00001 mu / mins.
The correct answer is 10 mu/min. The first answer has the incorrect decimals placed. The second answer is completely off.
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