If a client is to receive an entire 250-mL bag of saline over the next 4 hours and the drop rate of the IV tubing chamber is 15 drops/mL, at what drop rate per minute will the nurse set this IV? ____________ drops/min
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Drops per minute = volume ? drop factor ÷ total minutes
250 ? 15 = 15.625
4 (hours) ? 60 (minutes/hour)
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