RN DOSAGE CALCULATION IN ADVANCE
NURSING EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
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A nurse was assigned to the medical-surgical ward to care for a
30-year-old female client diagnosed with pneumonia. The
patient's primary health care provider prescribed 250 mL of
D5W to be infused over 2 hours and 45 minutes. The drop
factor is 60 drops per mL.
To safely administer the prescribed intravenous solution, the
nurse should regulate the IV pump for how many drops per
minute (drops/min). Additionally, compute for the mL per hour.
If the infusion was set on 15:00, the nurse should expect the
solution to be empty at what time?
-91 drops per minute
-91 mL per hour
-17:45
,A health care provider's order reads infusion of 2,750 mL of
0.45% normal saline at 150 mL per hour. The drop factor is 15
drops per mL. The nurse will set the flow rate at how many
drops per minute to safely administer the IV solution?
38 drops per minute
A healthcare provider's order reads: 1000 mL of normal saline
(NS) to infuse over 12 hours. The drop factor is 15 drops (gtt)/1
mL. The nurse prepares to set the flow rate at how many drops
per minute? Record your answer to the nearest whole number.
21gtt/minute
The nurse follows through an order to infuse 250 mL of
platelets intravenous over 2 hours and 30 minutes. The drop
factor is 10 drops per ml. To safely administer the order, the
, nurse will set the flow rate of the flow rate of the IV pump at
what mL per hour?
Additionally, at how many drops per minute? (Answer to the
nearest whole number)
-100 mL per hour
-17 drops per minute
A health care provider prescribes 1 and 1/4 liters of D5LRS to be
infused over 18 hours. The drop factor is 20 drops per mL. How
many mL per hour should the nurse adjust the flow rate to
safely administer the prescribed intravenous solution?
Additionally, compute for the drops per minute (Answer to the
nearest whole number)
-69 mL per hour
-23 drops per minute
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