Deck 10: Labor and Delivery

Question 1

Order: Pitocin (oxytocin) 10 units in NS 500 mL, infuse at 10 milliunits/min Avaliable: oxytocin 10 units/mL
a. What is the concentration of the solution?
b. What is the dosage concentration per hour?
c. What is the volume per hour?

Answer 1

a.
b. 10 milliunits/min * 60 min/hr = 600 milliunits/hr
c.

Question 2

Order: Pitocin (oxytocin) 20 units in NS 500 mL, infuse at 20 milliunits/min Avaliable: oxytocin 10 units/mL
a. What is the concentration of the solution?
b. What is the dosage concentration per hour?
c. What is the volume per hour?

Answer 2

a. 20 units/500 mL = 40 milliunits/mL (0.04 units/mL)
b. 20 milliunits/min * 60 min/hr = 1200 milliunits/hr
c. 1200 milliunits/hr/40 milliunits/mL = 30 mL/hr

Question 3

Order: Pitocin (oxytocin) 40 units in NS 1000 mL, infuse at 10 milliunits/min Avaliable: oxytocin 10 units/mL
a. What is the concentration of the solution?
b. What is the dosage concentration per hour?
c. What is the volume per hour?

Answer 3

a. 40 units/1000 mL = 40 milliunits/mL (0.04 units/mL)
b. 10 milliunits/min * 60 min/hr = 600 milliunits/hr
c. 600 milliunits/hr/40 milliunits/mL = 15 mL/hr

Question 4

Order: Pitocin (oxytocin) 40 units in NS 1000 mL, infuse at 15 milliunits/min Avaliable: oxytocin 10 units/mL
a. What is the concentration of the solution?
b. What is the concentration per hour?
c. What is the volume per hour?

Question 5

Order: Pitocin (oxytocin) 10 units in D NS 1000 mL, begin infusion at 1 milliunits/minAvaliable: oxytocin 10 units/mL
a. What is the concentration of the solution?
b. What is the dosage concentration per hour?
c. What is the volume per hour?

Question 6

Order: Pitocin (oxytocin) 10 units in D NS 1000 mL, increase infusion to 4 milliunits/min Avaliable: oxytocin 10 units/mL
a. What is the concentration of the solution?
b. What is the dosage concentration per hour?
c. What is the volume per hour?

Question 7

Order: Pitocin (oxytocin) 10 units in D NS 1000 mL, increase infusion to 12 milliunits/min Avaliable: oxytocin 10 units/mL
a. What is the concentration of the solution?
b. What is the dosage concentration per hour?
c. What is the volume per hour?

Question 8

Order: Pitocin (oxytocin) 10 units in D NS 1000 mL, increase infusion to 16 milliunits/min Avaliable: oxytocin 10 units/mL
a. What is the concentration of the solution?
b. What is the dosage concentration per hour?
c. What is the volume per hour?

Question 9

Order: Start Pitocin (oxytocin) drip, 10 units in NS 1000 mL, at 12 mL/hr Avaliable: oxytocin 10 units/mL
a. What is the concentration of the solution?
b. What is the dosage concentration per hour?
c. What is the volume per min?

Question 10

Order: Increase Pitocin drip to 60 mL/hr Avaliable: Pitocin 10 units in NS 1000 mL
a. What is the concentration of the solution?
b. What is the dosage concentration per hour?
c. What is the volume per minute?

Question 11

Order: 40 units oxytocin in LR 1000 mL at 20 milliunits/min
a. What is the concentration of the solution?
b. What is the volume per hour?

Question 12

Order: 10 units oxytocin in 500 mL D W at 50 milliunits/min
a. What is the concentration of the solution?
b. What is the volume per hour?