Order: Add 125 mg of morphine sulfate to DW 250 mL stat. and infuse at 0.005 mg/kg/min. Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour for the patient who weighs 95 kilograms
1. 0.2 mL/h
2. 28.5 mL/h
3. 0.95 mL/h
4. 57 mL/h
4
Global Rationale: 95 × 0.005 = 0.475 mg/min.
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