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future617RT · **on:** Jul 3, 2018

You are ordered to administer 2 mg/min of lidocaine to a patient who has received a bolus of lidocaine during cardiac arrest. You have prepared the lidocaine by placing 1 gram in 250cc of D5W. You are utilizing a microdrip (60 gtts/mL) administration set. What is the correct drip rate?

a. 10 gtts/min
b. 20 gtts/min
c. 30 gtts/min
d. 40 gtts/min

Question 2

To help protect your skin from the sun, try to minimize sun exposure between the hours of _____ and _____.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

6ana001 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 3, 2018

Answer to Question 1

c
Rationale: c. The student may utilize information contained in Section 5 of this Chapter. There are different methods to utilize when calculating medication dosages and the student should use the one that works best for them.

Answer to Question 2

10 a.m. and 4 p.m.