Order: Cipro (ciprofloxacin) 400 mg in 200 mL DW IVPB. The ...

[audie]

Order: Cipro (ciprofloxacin) 400 mg in 200 mL DW IVPB. The patient weighs 175 pounds, and is to receive 6 mg/kg/h. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute. The drop factor is 15 gtt/mL.
 
  1. 50 gtt/min
  2. 1066 gtt/min
  3. 60 gtt/min
  4. 262 gtt/min

Question 2

Order: Add 125 mg of morphine sulfate to DW 250 mL stat. and infuse at 0.005 mg/kg/min. Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour for the patient who weighs 95 kilograms.
 
  1. 0.2 mL/h
  2. 28.5 mL/h
  3. 0.95 mL/h
  4. 57 mL/h

[stillxalice]

Answer to Question 1

3

Global Rationale: 175  2.2 = 79.5 kg  6 = 477 mg/h.

Answer to Question 2

4

Global Rationale: 95  0.005 = 0.475 mg/min.

[audie]

Great answer, keep it coming

[lcapri7]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it