GRCC HEALTH EDUCATION LEARNING LAB

IV RATES #1

 

 

1.         Administer 1000 ml of 0.9% NS over 8 hours.  The drop

            factor is 10 gtts/ml.  The flow rate would be____gtt/min?

 

2.         Administer 500 ml of D5W over a 12 hour period as KVO.  The microdrip provides 60 drops/ml.

            Flow rate is___gtt/min ?

 

3.         To administer 1.0 Liter of Ringers Lactate over 6 hours you would give____ml/hr. The gtt factor is 20 gtts/ml.

 

4.         The dr prescribed 1000 ml of D5W to infuse over 24 hrs.

            With a drop factor of 15 gtts/ml you would give  ___gtt/min ?

 

5.         The dr prescribed 1000 ml of D5/0.9% NSS to infuse at

            75 ml/hour.  The drop factor is 15 gtts/ml.  You would

            give ____gtts/min?

 

6.         Ringer's Lactate, 500 ml, is to infuse at 50 ml/hr.  The  drop factor is 10.  You would set the rate at   ____gtts/min ?

 

7.         To deliver 1000 ml of D5/0.45% NSS over 4 hours the nurse would have to administer ____ml/hour?

 

8.         To deliver 500 ml of D5W over an 8 hour period the nurse would set the flow rate to deliver ____ ml/hour?

 

9.         To deliver 250 ml of NSS over a 5 hour period the nurse should set the flow rate to deliver ____ml/hour?

 

10.       A patient is to receive 500 ml of 0.45% NSS with 20 mEq of KCL to run over 8 hours.  The drop factor is 20 gtts/ml .  The nurse would give ____ml/hour?

 

11.       The dr prescribed 100 ml of albumin to be absorbed over 2 hours.  The drop  factor is 15 gtts/ml.  You will give ____ml/hour?

 

12.       A patient is to receive 1000ml of NSS with 20,000 U of Heparin over 24  hours.  The drop factor is 60 gtts/ml.  The nurse would give _____gtts/min?

 

13.       A patient is to receive 350 mg of Aminophylline in 150mof D5W over a 1 hour period of time.  The drop factor is 15gtts/ml. The nurse would give_____gtts/min?

 

14.       Administer 100 ml of an antibiotic solution via a volume control set over 30 min with a microdrip.  Give____gtt/min

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS

 

 

1. 21 gtts/min, 20.8

2. 42 gtts/min, 41.7

3. 167 ml/hr, 166.7

4. 41.7 ml/hr, 10.4 gtts/min

5. 18.8 or 19 gtts/min

6. 8.3 gtts/min

7. 250 ml/hr

8. 63ml/hr, 62.5

9. 50 ml/hr

10. 63 ml/hr

11. 13 gtts/min, 50 ml/hr

12. 42 gtts/min

13. 38gtts/min

14. 200gtts/min

 

 

 

 


Updated on 07-OCT-02
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