The nurse is providing care to client who is prescribed IV fluid. ...

[TVarnum]

The nurse is providing care to client who is prescribed IV fluid. The prescription for this cliet is D5/W 2,000 mL IV infuse over 12 h. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL.
 
  How many gtt/min will the client receive? Round to the nearest whole number.

Question 2

A client is receiving a continuous IV at 120 mL/h. How many milliliters will infuse in two hours and thirty minutes? Round to the nearest whole number.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[matt95]

Answer to Question 1

28 gtt/min

Global Rationale: gtt/min = 10 gtt/1 mL x 2000 mL/12 hours x 1 hour/60 min. Multiply the numerators and then divide by the denominators. The client will receive 27.7 or 28 gtt/min.

Answer to Question 2

300 mL

Global Rationale: mL = 120 mL/1 hour x 2.5 hours = 300 mL. The client will receive 300 mL of IV fluid in 2.5 hours.

[TVarnum]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[jackie]

Great answer, keep it coming