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Dosage Calc IV Calculation Practice

This document provides 14 examples of calculating intravenous drip rates based on fluid volume, administration time, and tubing drop factor. The examples require calculating drip rates in gtt/min or mL/hr for things like IV fluids, medications, insulin drips, and heparin drips based on the available concentration and ordered infusion rate and time. The answers to each calculation example are provided.

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Dosage Calc IV Calculation Practice

This document provides 14 examples of calculating intravenous drip rates based on fluid volume, administration time, and tubing drop factor. The examples require calculating drip rates in gtt/min or mL/hr for things like IV fluids, medications, insulin drips, and heparin drips based on the available concentration and ordered infusion rate and time. The answers to each calculation example are provided.

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IV Calculation Practice

1. Order: 1000mL D5LR to run at 65mL/hr. Administration set: 20gtt/mL. How fast should the IV run? (gtt/min)

2. Mr. Marshalls IV of 1000mL D5W with 40 mEq KCL was started at 10 am to run 8 hours. It is 1400 and 650mL remain in the bag. Administration set: 15gtt/mL. a. At 10 am the drop rate should have been set at _____gtt/min to infuse the fluid on time.

b. How many cc should have infused by 1400?

c. If you were to calculate the infusion rate for the fluid that remained at 1400 to keep with the original 8-hour schedule, how fast should you set the IV?

3. Order: 2000mL of D5LR to infuse over 12hrs. Administration set: 15gtt/mL How many gtt/min should the IV run at?

4. Order: 3000mL D5W IV in 24hrs. The nurse will set the pump at _____ mL/hr?

5. Order: 1800mL NS IV to infuse in 15 hours per IV pump. The nurse will set the pump at _____ mL/hr.

6. The physician orders 1000mL of D5LR to infuse at 125mL/hr. The available tubing has a drop factor of 15gtt/mL. The nurse will infuse _____ gtt/min.

7. The doctor orders 1200mL of D5W to infuse over 6hrs. Available tubing has a drop factor of 10gtt/mL. The nurse will infuse _____ gtt/min.

8. Order: 1500mL LR for 6hrs. Drop factor: 15gtt/mL. How many mL should infuse after 4hrs?

9. The order reads: give the patient a 5 gm bolus of Magnesium Sulfate(MGSO4) over one hour and then run at 1.5 gm an hour. It is provided as 20gm/500mL of D5. How many mL/hr for the bolus and how many mL/hr for the maintenance dose?

10. Your patient is on an insulin gtt. He is receiving 8 units an hour. It is available as 125 unit regular/250 ml NS. How many ml/hr?

11. Your patient is on a heparin gtt. He is receiving 1500 units/hr? It comes in 25,000 units/500 ml D5W. How many ml/hr?

12. The patient is getting 1000 ml of LR every 8 hours. The drip factor is 10. How many gtt/min?

13. The order reads to give the patient 2mg/min of Lidocaine IV drip. It is available as 2gm/500mL D5W. How many mL/hr?

14. Give 900mg of Vancomycin in 250 ml of NS in over 90 minutes. How many ml/hr?

Answers: 1. 22gtt/min 2a. 31gtt/min 2b. 500cc 2c. 41gtt/min 3. 42gtt/min 4. 125mL/hr 5. 120mL/hr 6. 31gtt/min 7. 33gtt/min 8. 1000mL 9. 125mL/hr & 38mL/hr 10. 16mL/hr 11. 30 mL/hr 12. 21gtt/min 13. 30 mL/hr 14. 167mL/hr

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