Directions: Calculate the IV Medication and Infusion Rates

Essay

Directions: Calculate the IV medication and infusion rates.Use a calculator for safe dose range calculations,multiplication,and long division as desired.Verify results using DE-style equations where requested.If the order is unsafe,do not proceed with the math.Label answers.
Ordered: oxytocin drip,1 milliunit per min
Infusing: oxytocin drip at 6 mL per hr
Available:
A)How many units of Pitocin are contained in 1 mL, according to label?
B)How many milliunits equal 1 unit? How many milliunits equal 10 units? (Recall the meaning of the prefix "milli".)
C)One mL of Pitocin has been placed in 1000 mL of D₅W.What is the concentration of milliunits per milliliter in the IV solution? DA equation:
D)How many milliunits per hour are being infused? DA equation:
E)Evaluation:
F)How many milliunits per minute are infusing
DA equation:
G)Evaluation:
H)Is the existing flow rate correct? (Do the milliunits per minute being infused match the order?) If not, what flow rate should be set?
I)DA equation:
J)Evaluation: