A medication order for a patient in the critical care unit of a hospital calls for a continuous intravenous infusion of Isoproterenol, 5 mcg/minute.  The standard protocol is to add the contents of a 5-mL ampule of a 1:5000 Isoproterenol injection to 250 mL of dextrose 5% in water.  The nurse uses an IV set programmed to deliver 12 gtts/mL.  The quantity of Isoproterenol in mcg/mL in the 5-ml ampule The concentration of Isoproterenol in mcg/mL in the infusion The flow rate of the intravenous infusion in gtts/minute

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 A medication order for a patient in the critical care unit of a hospital calls for a continuous intravenous infusion of Isoproterenol, 5 mcg/minute.  The standard protocol is to add the contents of a 5-mL ampule of a 1:5000 Isoproterenol injection to 250 mL of dextrose 5% in water.  The nurse uses an IV set programmed to deliver 12 gtts/mL. 

  1. The quantity of Isoproterenol in mcg/mL in the 5-ml ampule
  2. The concentration of Isoproterenol in mcg/mL in the infusion
  3. The flow rate of the intravenous infusion in gtts/minute
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