The nurse enters the client’s room and notes that 400 mL is leftin the IV bottle. The client is receiving 25 gtt/min, and the dropfactor of the tubing is 15 gtt/mL. How many hours will the IVlast?
The order reads “1,000 mL of D5W every 10 hours.” The dropfactor is 15 gtt/mL. The flow rate is 25 gtt/min. After 4 hours thenurse expects to see 600 mL remaining in the IV bottle but insteadfinds 540 mL. What should the new flow rate be?
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