A newly admitted patient has orders to receive 1,000 mL of normal saline IV over 8 hours. If the IV infusion set is a microdrip set that delivers 60 drops per mL, how many drops per minute should the nurse administer to the patient?
A) 60 drops/min
B) 125 drops/min
C) 240 drops/min
D) 480 drops/min
B
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If a patient was to receive 1,000 mL in 8 hours, dividing 1000 by 8 would mean that the patient would receive 125 mL in 1 hour, or 60 minutes. Setting up the equation, 60 drops/mL ÷ X = 125 mL/60 minutes; cross-multiplying, the answer is 125 drops/min.
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