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1. A physician orders 500ml of normal saline toinfuse over 5 hours. The drop factor is 10gtts/ml. The nurse willregulate the IVF at: _____
2. A physician orders 1 unit packed RBC to infuse over 4 hours.A unit of blood contains 250ml. The BT set delivers 10gtts/ml. Anurse prepares to set the flow rate at how many drops perminute?
3. Calculate the IV flow rate for 1200 mL of NS to be infused in6 hours. The infusion set is calibrated for a drop factor of 15gtts/mL.
4. Mrs. Potter has chronic bronchitis with an infection. Totreat the infection, the physician prescribes gatifloxacin (Tequin)400 mg to infuse in over 2 hours. The pharmacy deliversgatifloxacin 400 mg in a 200-mL bag of NS. What should be the rateof the infusion, in milliliters per hour, to complete the Tequininfusion?
5. The physician prescribes 1,000 mL of D5 NS to infuse at arate of 200 mL/h. The nurse started the infusion at 5pm. Sheexpects the IVF to be infused completely at what time?
6. Gentamicin sulfate, 80 mg in 100ml normal saline is to beadministered over 30 minutes. The drop factor is 10gtts/ml. A nursesets the flow rate at how many drops per minute?
