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Your patient has an order to infuse 100 mL of D5NS 0.9% with 40 MEq of...

Your patient has an order to infuse 100 mL of D5NS 0.9% with 40 MEq of KCl over the next 60 minutes. The set calibration is 15 gtt/mL. What is the correct rate of flow for this patient?

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Order to infuse 100 mL of D5NS 0.9% with 40 MEq of KCl over the next 60 minutes.

The set calibration is 15 gtt/mL.

100ml/60 minutes x 15 gtts per milliliter

= 100 x 15/60 gtts/min

= 1500/60 gtts/min

= 25 gtts/min

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