A patient with osteomyelitis is to receive vancomycin (Vancocin) 500 mg IV every 6 hours. The vancomycin is diluted in 100 mL of normal saline and needs to be administered over 1 hour. The nurse will set the IV pump for how many mL/minute?
(Round to the nearest hundredth.)
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:
1.67
To administer 100 mL in 60 minutes, the IV pump will need to provide 1.67 mL/minute.
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