Order: Administer a bolus of heparin sodium IV and then initiatea continuous IV infusion of heparin, 20,000 units in 1,000 mL ofD5W, at a rate of 15 units/kg/hr.

Hospital protocol for heparin bolus: 70 units/kg

Client weight: 165 lb

At what rate will you administer the heparin continuousIV? (Round to the nearest whole number.)

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