Drug H needs to be infused over a period of 30 minutes. It arrives in a 1000 ml bag diluted with 1.3 g of drug H. The prescribed daily dose is 14mg/kg/day. It is to be infused every 6 hours. The weight of the patient is 77 lbs. At what hourly rate would the nurse set the pump? Round to the tenth.
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Drug H needs to be infused over a period of 30 minutes. It arrives in a 1000 ml bag diluted with 1.3 g of drug H. The prescribed daily dose is 14mg/kg/day. It is to be infused every 6 hours. The weight of the patient is 77 lbs. At what hourly rate would the nurse set the pump? Round to the tenth.
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Given:
Prescribed daily dose is 14mg/kg/day
weight of the patient is 77 lbs=77×0.4535 kg=34.92 kg;
Since 1 pound=0.4535 kg.
Drug H needs to be infused over a period of 30 minutes, and it arrives in a 1000 ml bag diluted with 1.3 g of drug H which is needed to be infused every 6 hours.
To find: the hourly rate the nurse should set the pump.
Now, since prescribed daily dose is 14mg/kg/day
So total drug to the patient given in a day is 14×34.92=488.88 mg
Now since 1000 ml bag diluted with 1.3 g of drug H, implies
1000 ml=1.3 gram=1300 milligrams
Thus, 1ml=1.3 milligrams
So, in 488.88 mg:
is needed to be infused in a day(24 hours), since it is needed to be infused every 6 hours:
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