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Coya19@aol.com

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on: Jul 3, 2018
The nurse is preparing to administer an IVPB medication to a client. The bag contains 200 mg of medication per 100 mL of solution.
 
  If the medication will infuse at the rate of 10 mg/min, how long will this infusion take to completely administer to the client? Round the answer to the nearest whole number.

Question 2

Find the error in the following order. NPH insulin 56 u subcutaneous 1800
 
  What will be an ideal response?


gstein359

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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

20 mins

Global rationale: mins = 1 min/10 mg x 200 mg. Multiply the numerators and then divide by the denominators. It will take 20 mins for this medication to completely infuse.

Answer to Question 2

56 u should be written 56 units
56 u should be 56 units
u should be units


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