Question

a nurse is preparing to administer dextrose 5% in water (d5w) iv to infuse at 125 ml/hr. the drop factor of the manual iv tubing is 15 gtt/ml. the nurse should set the manual iv infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? (round the answer to the nearest whole number. use a leading zero if it applies. do not use a trailing zero.) gtt/min

Explanation:

Step1: Convert hours to minutes

Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, we need to adjust the infusion rate from mL per hour to mL per minute.
The formula for calculating the infusion rate in gtt/min is \( \text{gtt/min}=\frac{\text{Volume (mL)/hr}\times\text{Drop factor (gtt/mL)}}{60\ \text{min/hr}} \)

Step2: Substitute the values into the formula

We are given that the volume per hour (\( \text{Volume (mL)/hr} \)) is \( 125\ \text{mL/hr} \) and the drop factor (\( \text{Drop factor (gtt/mL)} \)) is \( 15\ \text{gtt/mL} \).
Substituting these values into the formula:

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Step3: Round the result

Rounding \( 31.25\) to the nearest whole number gives \( 31\)

Answer:

\(31\)