ATI PN Dosage Calculations. Adult medical surgical proctored assessment 3.1
ATI PN Dosage Calculations. Adult medical surgical proctored assessment 3.1 ( 25 Questions)
A nurse is preparing to administer dextrose 5% in water IV to infuse at 150 mL/hr. The drop factor on the manual IV tubing is 15 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the IV flow rate to deliver how many gtt/min? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)
To calculate the IV flow rate in gtt/min, the nurse needs to use the following formula: IV flow rate (gtt/min) = Volume (mL) x Drop factor (gtt/mL) / Time (min).
In this case, the volume is 150 mL, the drop factor is 15 gtt/mL, and the time is 60 min.
Plugging these values into the formula, we get: IV flow rate (gtt/min) = 150 x 15 / 60.
Simplifying, we get: IV flow rate (gtt/min) = 37.5.
Therefore, the nurse should set the IV flow rate to deliver 38 gtt/min.