You are working a shift from 1200 to 2000 and Mrs. Purcell is under your care. Her IV prescription for ½N/S is scheduled to begin at 1300. The prescriber has ordered 800 mL of ½N/S to run at 85 mL/hr. You begin infusion at 1300 using a 500 mL IV bag and an IV set calibrated to 10 gtt/mL. Show all calculations. a) What is the prescribed drip rate? b) At what time do you expect the IV bag to run empty? At 1500, the IV bag is half empty. c) Is the IV on time, ahead or behind, and by how much? d) What is the new flow rate? e) What is the new drip rate?
You are working a shift from 1200 to 2000 and Mrs. Purcell is under your care. Her IV prescription for ½N/S is scheduled to begin at 1300. The prescriber has ordered 800 mL of ½N/S to run at 85 mL/hr. You begin infusion at 1300 using a 500 mL IV bag and an IV set calibrated to 10 gtt/mL. Show all calculations. a) What is the prescribed drip rate? b) At what time do you expect the IV bag to run empty? At 1500, the IV bag is half empty. c) Is the IV on time, ahead or behind, and by how much? d) What is the new flow rate? e) What is the new drip rate?
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You are working a shift from 1200 to 2000 and Mrs. Purcell is under your care. Her IV prescription for ½N/S is scheduled to begin at 1300. The prescriber has ordered 800 mL of ½N/S to run at 85 mL/hr. You begin infusion at 1300 using a 500 mL IV bag and an IV set calibrated to 10 gtt/mL.
Show all calculations.
- a) What is the prescribed drip rate?
- b) At what time do you expect the IV bag to run empty?
At 1500, the IV bag is half empty.
- c) Is the IV on time, ahead or behind, and by how much?
- d) What is the new flow rate?
- e) What is the new drip rate?
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