2-29. PRACTICE 2-4 (COMPUTING INTRAVENOUS INFUSION RATES)
a. The order is to infuse an I.V. of D5W 1000 ml over 12 hours. Calculate the
infusion rate using an I.V. set that delivers 20 gtts/ml.
b. The order is to infuse a 0.9% normal saline 250 ml over 45 minutes.
Calculate the infusion rate using an I.V. set that delivers 10 gtts/ml.
c. The order is to infuse D5RL 1000 ml q 8h for 24 hours. Calculate the infusion
rate using a drop factor of 15 gtts/ml.
d. The order is for 2000 ml of hyperalimentation to infuse over 24 hours. The
I.V. set delivers 60 gtts/ml. The solution should be administered at a rate of ______
gtts/min.
e. The patient is to receive 1200 ml of D5RL over 10 hours. The I.V. set delivers
20 gtts/ml. The infusion rate will be
gtts/min.
f. Administer 150 ml of Normal Saline over 30 minutes using an I.V. set that
delivers 10 gtts/ml. The infusion rate will be __ .
g. The order is for Amikacin Sulfate 100 mg to be dissolved in 150 ml of D5W to
run over 1 hour. Using an I.V. set that delivers 20 gtts/ml, determine the infusion rate.
h. The order is for Gentamycin 180 mg IVPB q 8h. The medication is dissolved
in 100 ml of D5W and should infuse over 45 minutes. Using a drop factor of 20 gtts/ml,
determine the infusion rate.
i. The order is to infuse 500 ml of 0.9% NS over 2 hours. The I.V.
administration set delivers 15 gtts/ml. How many gtts/min will you administer?
j. You are to infuse D5W at 15 ml/hr to a pediatric patient. The I.V.
administration set delivers 60 gtts/ml. Determine the infusion rate.
k. The order is to give two units of whole blood (1 unit is 500 ml). The blood is
to infuse over the next 4 hours and the drop factor of the tubing is 10 gtts/ml. Determine
the infusion rate in gtts/min.
l. The patient is to receive 3 units of packed red blood cells (1 unit equals 250
ml) to be infused over the next 4 hours. The drop factor is 10 gtts/ml. Determine the
infusion rate in gtts/min.
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