Hesi Dosage Calculations Care
Hesi Dosage Calculations Care ( 41 Questions)
A client receives a prescription for 2 liters of lactated Ringer's intravenously (IV) to be infused over 12 hours. The IV administration set delivers 20 gtt/mL. How many gtt/min should the nurse regulate the infusion? (Enter numerical value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest whole number.)
To calculate the infusion rate in drops per minute (gtt/min), we can use the following formula: Infusion rate (gtt/min) = Volume (mL) x Drop factor / Time (minutes)
In this case, the volume is 2000 mL, the drop factor is 20 gtt/mL, and the time is 720 minutes (12 hours x 60 minutes/hour). We can calculate the infusion rate as follows:
2000 mL x 20 gtt/mL / 720 minutes = 55.56 gtt/min
We should round this value to the nearest whole number, which gives us 33 gtt/min.
