Question

Remember: You cannot give a decimal of a drop. You need to round it to the nearest whole number. All IV pumps use whole numbers to deliver ml/hr so your answer should be a whole number unless otherwise specified. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!

1. The order is for an IV of 1000 mL D5/0.9 NS q.12h. The nurse begins the gravity IV at 0800, using a standard microdrip IV tubing set. The flow rate for this IV is ______ gtt / min.

2. The physician writes an order for an IV of 1 L Lactated Ringer’s to infuse at 150 mL / hr. The IV tubing set has a drop factor of 15 gtt/mL. What is the flow rate for the gravity IV? _________ gtt / min

3. A liter of D5/0.45 NS with 30 mEq KCl is to infuse over 12 hours. How many mL / hr will the nurse set on the IV pump? ________ mL / hr

4. The physician orders a unit of packed red blood cells to infuse in 2 hours. The unit contains 250 mL. The blood tubing administration set has a drop factor of 10 gtt / mL. The flow rate for te infusion of packed red blood cell is _____ gtt / min.

5. The order is for an IV of 500 mL D5/0.225 NS with 20 mEq KCl q.10h. The nurse has a microdrip IV tubing set. The flow rate for the IV is ______ gtt / min.

6. The MD has ordered the following IV’s to run consecutively over 24 hrs.

#1        925 mL RL

#2        750 mL D5NS

#3        600 mL NS c 20 mEq KCl

Calculate the volume per hour

Answer 1

1). The flow rate is 83 drops/ mins

2) The flow rate is 38 drops/ mins

3) The nurse set Iv at 83 ml/L

4) The flow rate is 21 drops/ mins

5) The flow rate is 50 drops/ mins

6) Th volume/ hour is
#1) 39ml/ hr
#2) 31ml/ hr
#3) 25ml/ hr