The physici an has ordered lourng of a medicatim in 5oml of over 30 minutes . The drug is to be given g12h. in 1oml. Normal Saline to run hand have q vial containing 0.259 of the drug you The drip factur of the tubing is 15 gtts iml.calculaté the drip rate per minute fur the minibag.

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) The physician has ordered loung of a medicatim in 5 oml of
drug is to be given qızh.
in 1oml.
Normal Saline to run over 30 minutes . The
vial cont aining 0.259 of the
drug
hand
you
have
The drip factur of the tubing is 15 gtts iml. calcalaté the drie
rate per minute fur theminibago
Transcribed Image Text:) The physician has ordered loung of a medicatim in 5 oml of drug is to be given qızh. in 1oml. Normal Saline to run over 30 minutes . The vial cont aining 0.259 of the drug hand you have The drip factur of the tubing is 15 gtts iml. calcalaté the drie rate per minute fur theminibago
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  • Order: 100 mg in 50 ml 
  • Available: 0.25 g in 10 ml
  • Drip factor: 15 gtts/ml 
  • Time: 30 minutes 

To find: drip rate per minute, which is given by following equation:

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