The health care provider has prescribed the client to receive 500 mL fluid over four hours. If the drop factor is 15, the nurse will set the infusion to infuse at:
a. 10 gtt/min c. 31 gtt/min
b. 21 gtt/min d. 45 gtt/min
ANS: C
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A Incorrect: This is not the appropriate flow rate.
B Incorrect: This is not the appropriate flow rate.
C Correct: Divide 500 mL by four hours = 125 mL/hr; divide 125 mL/hr by 60 minutes = 2.08 mL/min; multiply 2.08 by 15 = 31 gtt/min
D Incorrect: This is not the appropriate flow rate.
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