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jazziefee

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The nurse is to administer 75 mL of an antibiotic solution by IV over the next 30 minutes. The tubing has a drop factor of 20. How many drops per minute should the nurse set the controller to deliver?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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The physician has ordered 50 mL of an IV solution to infuse over the next 20 minutes. In order to accurately infuse this solution, the nurse should set the electronic controller to deliver how many mL/hr?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 50 drops per minute
Rationale : 75 mL/1 hour 20 drops/30 minutes = 50 drops per minute

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 150 mL/hr
Rationale : 50 mL/20 minutes = x mL/60 minutes




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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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