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A health care provider prescribes 100mL of normal Saline to infuse over 1hour. The drop factor...

A health care provider prescribes 100mL of normal Saline to infuse over 1hour. The drop factor us 15 drops(gtt)/ mL. The nurse prepares to set the flow rate at how many drops per minute?

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total saline to be infused = 100 ml, duration = 1 hour = 60 minutes

1 ml has 15 drops (given in the question), so 100 ml will have 1500 drops.

so, flow rate = 1500/60 = 25 drops per minute

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