Question

#1 The nurse is providing care to client who is prescribed IV fluid. The prescription for this cliet is D5/W 2,000 mL IV infuse over 12 h. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL. How many gtt/min will the client receive?

Round to the nearest whole number.

#2

D5NS continuously @75 mL/hr using a standard macrodrip tubing.

1.   Calculate the volume/min.   

2. Calculate the volume/24 hrs. The total amount the patient will receive in 24 hours _____________________

3. Calculate the volume/min. if the rate were decreased to 50 mL/hr.

#3 A client is prescribed 500 mL of intravenous fluid in 4 hours. What is the flow rate of this infusion in mL/hr?

#4 A client’s intravenous fluids are infusing at the rate of 30 gtts/min. How many mL/h is the client receiving?

#5 A client is prescribed 1 liter of fluid in 8 hours. How many drops per minute will be delivered if the drop factor is 20 drops per mL?

#6

An intravenous solution of Dextrose 5% and 0.45% Normal Saline is infusing at a rate of 28 gtt/minute. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL and there is 700 mL of fluid remaining in the bag. How long will it take for the fluid to infuse into the client?

Round to the nearest tenth decimal point.

#7 A client is prescribed 50 mL of intravenous fluid for every 100 mL of bladder irrigation drainage. The client’s bladder irrigation drainage for the last 8 hours was 225 mL. How many mL of intravenous fluid will the nurse provide the client for this replacement?

Answer 1