Clinical Calculation 5 th Edition

1. Clinical Calculation5th Edition Chapter 10 - extra problems Calculation of Intravenous Medications and Solutions Pages 146 - 186

2. Calculate the flow rate in gtt per min for the following order. Order: aminophylline 125 mg in 1000 mL of D5W IV to be infused over 10 hours. Drop Factor:  15 gtt per mL Starting factor: 15gtt/mL Answer unit: gtt/min Equivalents: 1000mL=10hr, 60min=1hr Conversion Equations:

3. Calculate the flow rate in gtt per min for the following order. Order: aminophylline 250 mg in 1000 mL of D5W IV to be infused over 10 hours. Drop Factor:  20 gtt per mL Starting factor: 20gtt/mL Answer unit: gtt/min Equivalents: 1000mL=10hr, 60min=1hr Conversion Equations:

4. Calculate the flow rate in mL per hr for the following medication order. Order: 3000 mL NS IV to infuse in 24 hours.

5. A client is to receive 1200 mL of 5% glucose in water IV that is to be infused at a rate of 150 mL per hr.  The available IV set has a drop factor of 20 gtt per mL. How many drops per minute would deliver the ordered flow rate? Starting factor: 20gtt/mL Answer unit: gtt/min Equivalents: 150mL=1hr, 60min=1hr Conversion Equations:

6. A client is to receive 1000 mL of 1/2 NS IV that is to be infused in 10 hours. The available IV set has a drop factor of 20 gtt per mL. How many drops per minute would deliver the ordered flow rate? Starting factor: 20gtt/mL Answer unit: gtt/min Equivalents: 1000mL=10hr, 60min=1hr Conversion Equations:

7. Compute the infusion time for the following order. Order: 1000 mL of Lactated Ringer's solution Drop Factor:  15 gtt per mL Flow Rate: 20 gtt per min How many hours will it take for the IV to infuse?  Round your answer to the nearest tenth of an hour.

8. Calculate the flow rate in mL per hr for the following medication order. Order: 1200 mL of D5W IV to infuse in 10 hours.

9. Calculate the flow rate in mL per hr for the following medication order. Order: 500 mL D 2.5 W  IV to infuse in 4 hours

10. Compute the infusion time for the following order Order: 2000 mL of D5W Drop Factor:  15 gtt per mL Flow Rate: 25 gtt per min How many hours will it take for the IV to infuse?

11. Calculate the flow rate in mL per hr for the following medication order. Order: Hyperalimentation (TPN) 1000 mL Liposyn II 20% IV to infuse in 12 hours.

12. How many mL of the properly reconstituted supply of potassium chloride should be added to the 1000 mL of D5W for this order? Order: potassium chloride 40 mEq in 1000 mL of D5W IV to be infused over 20 hours. Refer to the label of the drug on hand to determine the concentration of the reconstituted supply. Drop Factor:  15 gtt per mL

13. Compute the flow rate for the following order in gtt per min. The correct amount of the properly reconstituted supply was used to prepare the IV bag for administration. Order: potassium chloride 40 mEq in 1000 mL of D5W IV to be infused over 20 hours. Refer to the label of the drug on hand to determine the concentration of the reconstituted supply. Drop Factor:  15 gtt per mL Starting factor: 15gtt/mL Answer unit: gtt/mL Equivalents: 1000mL=20hr, 60min=1hr Conversion Equations:

14. A client is to receive 3000 mL of 5% Dextrose in 0.45% NS IV that is to be infused at a rate of 120 mL per hr.  The available IV set has a drop factor of 10 gtt per mL. How many drops per minute would deliver the ordered flow rate? Starting factor: 10gtt/mL Answer unit: gtt/min Equivalents: 120 mL = 1hr, 1hr = 60 min, Conversion Equations:

15. Calculate the flow rate in gtt per min for the following order. Refer to the label of the drug on hand. Drop Factor:  10 gtt per mL Order: potassium chloride 40 mEq in 1000 mL of D5NS IV to be infused over 8 hours. Starting factor: 10gtt/mL Answer unit: gtt/min Equivalents: 1hr=60min, 1000mL=8hr Conversion Equations:

16. A client is to receive 3000 mL of 5% Dextrose in 0.45% NS IV that is to be infused in 24 hours. The available IV set has a drop factor of 20 gtt per mL. How many drops per minute would deliver the ordered flow rate? Starting factor: Drop factor = 20gtt/mL Answer unit: gtt/min Equivalents: 3000mL = 24hr, 60min = 1 hr Conversion Equations:

17. A client is to receive 1000 mL of D5W IV that is to be infused in 8 hours. The available IV set has a drop factor of 10 gtt per mL. How many drops per minute would deliver the ordered flow rate? Starting factor: Drop factor = 10gtt/mL Answer unit: gtt/min Equivalents: 1000mL = 8hr, 60min = 1 hr Conversion Equations:

18. A client is to receive 1200 mL of 5% glucose in water IV that is to be infused in 8 hours. The available IV set has a drop factor of 15 gtt per mL. How many drops per minute would deliver the ordered flow rate? Starting factor: 15gtt/mL Answer unit: gtt/min Equivalents: 60min = 1hr, 1200mL=8hr Conversion Equations:

19. After the following IV order has been infusing for 5 hours, 550 mL of NS remains to be infused. If the change is allowable, what should the rate be adjusted to in order for the infusion to be completed in the ordered time period? Order: 1000 mL NS IV to infuse over a period of 10 hours.Drop factor: 10 gtt per mL Starting factor: Drop factor = 10gtt/mL Answer unit: gtt/min Equivalents: 550mL = 5hr, 60min = 1 hr Conversion Equations:

20. A client is to receive 500 mL of NS IV that is to be infused in 6 hours. The available IV set has a drop factor of 15 gtt per mL. How many drops per minute would deliver the ordered flow rate? Starting factor: 15gtt/mL Answer unit: gtt/min Equivalents: 500mL=6hr, 1hr = 60min Conversion Equations: