Exam 12: Intravenous Flow Rates

The physician orders an IV of 40 mEq of potassium chloride in 500 mL 0.9% NS to infuse over 4 hours.Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour._______________

Azithromycin 500 mg IV once a day is ordered for a patient.The azithromycin is dissolved in 250 mL of NS and should infuse over 60 minutes.Using tubing with a drop factor of 10 gtt/mL,how many drops per minute should the azithromycin be infused? ___________

Zosyn 4.5 g IV every 6 hours is ordered for a patient.The Zosyn is dissolved in 50 mL of NS and should infuse over 1 hour.Using tubing with a drop factor of 60 gtt/mL,how many drops per minute should the Zosyn be infused? ___________

Tygacil 50 mg IV once a day is ordered for a patient.The Tygacil is dissolved in 50 mL of NS and should infuse over 30 minutes.Using tubing with a drop factor of 20 gtt/mL,how many drops per minute should the Tygacil be infused? ___________

The patient has D₅W 500 mL ordered over 6 hours.Using an IV pump,how many milliliters per hour should the IV fluids be infused? ___________

The physician orders a continuous IV Dilaudid drip at 0.5 mg/h.The medication is supplied in 10 mg/100 mL.Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour.___________

The physician orders Doribax 250 mg twice a day.The Doribax is dissolved in 250 mL of NS and is to be infused over 2 hours.Using tubing with a drop factor of 20 gtt/mL,how many drops per minute should be infused? __________

The physician gives orders to infuse 1 L of lactated Ringer's solution in 15 hours.Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour.____________________

Zosyn 4.5 g IV once a day is ordered for a patient.The Zosyn is dissolved in 100 mL of NS and should infuse over 4 hours.Using an IV controller,how many milliliters per hour should the Zosyn be infused? ___________

The physician orders fluconazole 200 mg twice a day.The fluconazole is dissolved in 100 mL of NS and is to be infused over 1 hour.Using tubing with a drop factor of 10 gtt/mL,how many drops per minute should be infused? __________

The physician orders Kefzol 2 g in 50 mL of NS IVPB to infuse over 30 minutes.Tubing drop factor is 60 gtt/mL.Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute._________

A patient on a ventilator has an order for a continuous Versed drip at 4 mg/h.The Versed concentration is 50 mg/50 mL of NS.Using an IV controller,how many milliliters per hour should the Versed be infused? ___________

The physician orders a continuous IV morphine drip to infuse at 6 mg/h.The medication is supplied in 50 mg/50 mL.Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour.____________________

Tygacil 50 mg IV once a day is ordered for a patient.The Tygacil is dissolved in 50 mL of NS and should infuse over 30 minutes.Using tubing with a drop factor of 10 gtt/mL,how many drops per minute should the Tygacil be infused? ___________

The physician orders Doribax 250 mg twice a day.The Doribax is dissolved in 250 mL of NS and is to be infused over 2 hours.Using an IV controller,how many milliliters per hour should the Doribax be infused? ___________