The prescription calls for the client to receive 500 ml of IV fluid over 4 hours and the nurse uses IV tubing with a drop factor at 10 gtts/ml
Which rate should the nurse use on an electronic infu-sion pump for IV fluids to administer this prescription? 1. 125 ml/hr
2. 500 ml/hr
3. 21 gtt/min
4. 32 gtt/min
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1, 2, and 4. The electronic infusion pump administers fluid at milliliters/hour so the nurse programs the pump to infuse 125 ml/hr. The nurse obtains the infusion rate by dividing the total volume to be infused by the number of total hours for the infusion, .
3. If the nurse uses gravity to administer the fluid, the nurse should use the roller clamp to limit the drops/minute to 21 gtts/min by using tubing with a drop factor of 10 gtts/ml.
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