The health care provider has prescribed an initial rate of 6 mU/min of diluted Pitocin to be started to augment labor for a client having arrested labor
At which setting will the nurse set the infusion pump (in mL/hr) if the dilution of the Pitocin is 10 U of Pitocin in 1000 mL of 0.25 normal saline? Record your answer as a whole number.
_______ mL/hr
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:
36
10 units of Pitocin in 1000 mL of 0.25 normal saline = 10,000 mU/1000 mL (or 10 mU/1 mL). Cross-multiply to get 6 mU per X mL:
10:1::6:X = 10X = 6
X = 0.6 mL/min
Multiply by 60 minutes to get the amount infused per hour:
0.6 mL/min ´ 60 min/hr = 36 mL/hr
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