Author Question: An IV of 1,000 mL D5W has been ordered to be infused at 125 mL/hr. The drop factor for the IV tubing ... (Read 26 times)

c0205847 · **on:** Jul 3, 2018

An IV of 1,000 mL D5W has been ordered to be infused at 125 mL/hr. The drop factor for the IV tubing is 10 gtt/mL. The IV was hung at 10:00 pm. At 11:30 pm, you check the IV and find that 450 mL have infused.

Recalculate the gtt/min for the remaining solution. _____
a. 10
b. 12
c. 17
d. 14

Question 2

An IV of 1,000 mL D5W has been ordered to be infused at 100 mL/hr. The administration set delivers 20 gtt/mL. The IV was hung at 10:00 pm. At 2:00 am, you check the IV, and 600 mL have infused. Recalculate the gtt/min for the remaining solution. _____

a. 25
b. 17
c. 22
d. 33