An ICU patient who weighs 30 kg is receiving an IV of 1000 mL D5NS every 12 hours. He develops a serious bacterial infection and is ordered vancomycin 200 mg/kg/day to be given every 8 hours IVPB in 100 mL 0.9% Sodium Chloride. The IVPB is administered over 60 minutes. Vancomycin is available as 2 g in a 10 mL vial. What is the flow rate in drops per minute of the D5NS if the administration set delivers 10 drops/mL?
An ICU patient who weighs 30 kg is receiving an IV of 1000 mL D5NS every 12 hours. He develops a serious bacterial infec...
An ICU patient who weighs 30 kg is receiving an IV of 1000 mL of D5NS every 12 hours. He develops a serious bacterial infection and is ordered vancomycin 200 mg/kg/day to be given every 8 hours IVPB in 100 mL 0.9% Sodium Chloride. The IVPB is administered over 60 minutes. Vancomycin is available as 2 g in a 10 mL vial. What is the flow rate in drops per minute of the IVPB if the administration set delivers 10...
A critical care patient with meningitis is receiving 500 mL of D5LR every 8 hours. He has new orders for ceftriaxone to be dosed at 45 mg/kg/day in three divided doses in 50 mL D5W IVPB over 30 minutes. The patient who weighs 110 lb is on a 1500 mL/day fluid limit. What is the flow rate of the D5LR in drops/minute if the administration set delivers 15 drops/mL? (answer rounded to nearest whole number.) Can you explain why you...
Vancomycin 250 mg/30 ml IV is ordered every 6 hours. The child weighs 17.3 kg. The recommended dose range is 40 mg/kg/day. The medication needs to be infused over one hour. a. Is this a safe dose? b. What rate would you set the syringe pump?
order: cefazolin 6.25 mg/kg IV every g hours for pneumonia the child weighs 38.2 kg Nursing drug reference : dilute each 1-g with 10ml of sterile water for injection and further dilute 50 ml of NS to infuse every 30minutes' how many ml will you draw from the vial after reconstitution? calculate the ml per hour to set the pump IV pump? Calculate the drops per minute with a drop factor of 10gtt/ml.
HAPTER Three-Factor Medication Problems A Order ampicilin 100 mg/kg/day IV in divided doses every 12 hours for 169 respiratory tract infection Supply ampicillin 123 mg/s ml Neonate's weight: 1182 g s How many milligrams per dose will the neonate receive? How many milliliters per dose will you draw from the vial? 9. Order: Solu-Medrol 5.4 mgkghr IV for acute spinal cord injury Supply: Solu-Medrol 125 mg/2 ml Patient's weight: 160 lb ※ How many milligrams per hour will the patient...
IV therapy is ordered for Mr R. He is to have 2 litres of 0.9% Saline over 12 hours. The IV set delivers 20 drops per ml, calculate the rate of infusion in drops per minute?
(PLEASE SHOW WORK) 1. patient is receiving an antibiotic IVPB in 50ml every 8 hours to run over 1 hour plus a maintenance IV of 100ml/hr. what is the 24h intake parenterally? 2. Order: 100ml lactated ringers solution infusing from 1200-1800, using micro tubing. what is the rate in gtt/min? 3.A provider orders procainamide 2mg/min IV. The IV Bag contains 1g procainamide in 250ml NS. Calculate the rate in ml/hr? 4. An IV of ibutilide is infusing at 300ml/he. the...
A patient is receiving Dextrose 5% in 0.45% Sodium Chloride Injection and 40 mEq of potassium chloride in a total volume of 1000 mL through an IV set that delivers 15 drops per ml. The IV fluid has been running at a rate of 12 drops per minute for 15 hours. Molec Weights: Dextrose = 180, Na = 23, K = 39, CI = 35.5 1. How many mEq of potassium chloride have been administered so far? K = 39;...
The physician orders foscarnet 40 mg q.8h. IV push for a patient who weighs 50 kg. The drug reference manual states that the direct IV rate of administration for foscarnet is not to exceed 1 mg / kg over 1 min. The nurse administers the ordered dose over 48 seconds. Evaluate the nurse’s decision about the rate of administration. Choose one below: The nurse administered the dose of foscarnet too slowly. The nurse has correctly calculated the rate of administration....
9. Order: Azactam 500 mg IV every 12 hours for septicemia Supply: Azactam 1-g vials Nursing drug reference: Dilute each 1-g vial with 10 mL of steril f NS to infuse over 60 minutes injection and further dilute in 100 mL o How many milliliters will vou draw from the vial after reconstitution? Calculate the milliliters per hour to set the IV pump. Calculate the drops per minute with a drop factor of 20 gtt/mL Order: Cefazolin 6.25 mg/kg IV...