10. A client is having labor induced with Pitocin. The concentration in the IV bag is Pitocin 20 units in 1000 mL Lactated Ringer's solution. The primary RN stated that the client is currently receiving 2 milliunits per minute. What should the nurse expect the pump to be programed at?
concentration:
20units= 1000ml
10units=500ml
1unit=50ml
1milli unit= 0.05ml
Patient current dose:
2milliunit,
So,
2milliunit= 2×0.05ml= 0.1ml
2Milli unit= 0.1ml= 1minutes
Convert into one hour/60 minutes
120Milli unit= 6ml/hour
Pump dose:
0.1ml/minutes or
6ml/ hour.
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