A 5-year-old patient has intravenous (IV) fluids prescribed at 40 mL/hr, through microdrip tubing. Which rate does the nurse use to infuse the patient's IV fluid?
a. 20 gtts/min
b. 25 gtts/min
c. 40 gtts/min
d. 60 gtts/min
C
When the nurse uses microdrip tubing, he or she realizes that the infusion rate in drops per minute equals the hourly rate because the drip factor for this tubing is 60 gtts/mL.
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