IV Flow Rate Calculations

The healthcare provider prescribes 500 mL of D5 1/2NS to infuse over 5 hours. Using the dimensional analysis method to calculate the infusion rate, you would set the infusion pump at _________ mL/hr.

100

The healthcare provider prescribes 800 mL of D5 1/2NS to infuse over 8 hours. Using the ratio and proportion method to calculate the infusion rate, you would set the infusion pump at _________ mL/hr.

100

The healthcare provider prescribes 500 mL to infuse over 4 hours using a 20 drop/mL administration set. The IV is to be regulated to _________drops/min (rounded to the nearest whole number).

42

The patient is to receive 50 mL over 15 minutes using a 15 gtt/mL administration set. Using dimensional analysis, the nurse calculates that the IV drip has to be set for __________ gtts/min.

50

400 mL of LR at 125 mL/hr is prescribed to be administered using a 10 gtt/mL administration set. If the drop factor constant is 6, then the IV would be regulated to _______ gtt/min (rounded to the nearest whole number).

21

The healthcare provider prescribes 250 mL of LR to infuse over 1 hour. Using the formula method to calculate the infusion rate, you would set the infusion pump at ____________ mL/hr.

250

The nurse is infusing 1,000 mL of a solution over 10 hours using a macrodrip tubing set that delivers 20 gtt/mL. After 4 hours, 500 mL of solution remains in the bag. In order to deliver the desired amount within the scheduled time, the nurse uses dimensional analysis to recalculate the flow rate as ________gtt/min (rounded to the nearest whole number).

28

A patient has 1,500 mL of IV fluid prescribed to be infused over 8 hours using a 10 gtt/mL administration set. The nurse uses dimensional analysis and calculates that the IV drip has to be set for _______ gtts/min (rounded to the nearest whole number).

31

If the original flow rate of a medication was 15 gtt/min, and the recalculated rate is now 10 gtts/minute, the percent variation is ______ %.

33

The healthcare provider's order is for 125 mL NS at 250 mL/hr to be administered using a 15 gtt administration set. If the drop factor constant is 4, then the drop rate is _______gtts/min (rounded to the nearest whole number).

63

The nurse is to infuse 1,000 mL of a solution over 4 hours. After 2 hours, 400 mL of the soluttion remains. The nurse recalculates the flow rate to 200 mL/hr and documents the percent variation as 10%. Which of ht statements below are true? (Select all that apply) A. The new flow rate is correct. B. The new flow rate is incorrect. C. The original flow rate needs adjusting. D. The percent variation documented is correct. E. The percent variation documented is incorrect.

A. the new flow rate is correct. C. The original flow rate needs adjusting. E. The percent variation documented is incorrect.