Available Pitocin 5 units in 500ml of D5W (1 unit contains in 100 ml )
The ordered dose is 2 milliunits of Pitocin iv/ min
So, 1 unit in 100ml I.e 1000milliunits in 100ml
So, 1 Milliunit in 0.1 ml ()
Order dose is 2 milliunits per minutes I.e 0.2 ml in Minutes.
a. The Flow rate will be set on
b. The Flow rate will be set on 12ml per minutes
5 Ordered: Start Pitocin IV at 2 milliunits per minute for a patient in labor. Available:...
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1. Begin a Pitocin infusion at 5 milliunits (mu) / min via IV pump for induction of labor. On hand is Pitocin 40 units in 1000 ml Lactated Ringers. How many ml/hour will the IV pump be set?
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