Hesi Medical Dosage Calculation
Hesi Medical Dosage Calculation ( 53 Questions)
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Question 14 :
A client is brought to the emergency center for fluid replacement after running a marathon, and the healthcare provider prescribes a 500 mL bolus of 0.9% normal saline to be administered over 4 hours. The Infusion set delivers 10 gtt/mL, so the nurse should regulate the Infusion to deliver how many gtt/minute? (Enter numerical value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest whole number.)
Correct Answer: ["21 gtt\/min"]
To answer this question, we need to use the formula:
gtt/minute = (Volume in mL x Drop factor in gtt/mL) / Time in minutes gtt/minute = (500 x 10) / 240
gtt/minute = 5000 / 240
gtt/minute = 20.833
Rounding to the nearest whole number, we get:
gtt/minute = 21
Therefore, the nurse should regulate the infusion to deliver 21 gtt/minute.
