A client is prescribed to receive 1 liter of intravenous fluid over 8 hours. Two hours after the infusion started the client's order was changed to infuse the remaining amount of fluid over 16 hours
How many mL per hour of fluid should the patient receive for 16 hours? 1. 47 mL
2. 75 mL
3. 100 mL
4. 127 mL
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Rationale 1: For the first two hours the client received 1000 mL / 8 hours = 125 mL x 2 hours = 250 mL. This means that 750 mL of fluid are to be infused over 16 hours or 800 mL/16 hours = 46.8 mL per hour or 47 mL/hr. The client is to receive 47mL/hr for 16 hours.
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